Student Protests in the 1960s

On busy college campuses during this unsettling time, a poster like this had an impact and added perspective to the anti-war position. The major argument of this poster was to invoke negative feelings toward the Nixon administration and claim that they are just as cruel and murderous as the Nazi party. This poster was released around the time of the Vietnam War so tensions were extremely high as many citizens, especially students, were opposed to the war for reasons and believed it was a waste of resources, effort, and American lives. One of the most disputed aspects of the war was the draft and how many were forced to fight whether they were competent, agreed with the war, or were even capable of the consequences many soldiers faced if they had not reached an untimely death. we can believe that the creator of this poster wanted to portray how authoritarian the decisions of Nixon-led government were. The creator also wanted the audience to attribute their initial negative reactions to ...

The counterprotest against Yiannopoulos from liberal students poses and answers several evaluative questions regarding the nature of alt-right beliefs: Did the Founding Fathers intend to include the rhetoric of someone like Yiannopoulos under the umbrella of free speech? Who is negatively affected by the alt-right movement's philosophy? What does the existence of the alt-right say about the current state of America in general? For these leftist Berkeley students, Yiannopoulos and his supporters are chalked up as neo-fascists. This is especially interesting considering our other text, hailing from the same campus about 50 years prior, reflects the same comparison with fascism. As a result, it is same to assume these students would consider Donald Trump to be a neo-fascist as well, considering Yiannopoulos serves the same population that supports Trump. As a whole, this protest projects the idea that not much has changed in terms of the relationship between the government and youths ...

The ethos for this text is not very apparent. The extrinsic ethos is virtually unknown because there is no information on the creator of the poster. We are not able to fully examine the credibility of the creator. The intrinsic ethos is also hard to examine but we can look at the presentation of the text and the argument of the unknown creator. The first thing we can look at is the use of a notorious symbol and backdrop. We can assume the creator used it while being fully aware of the impact it would have on the audience. The addition of a president's name served to make a connection that would have a large effect with varied reactions. Regarding the argument, though it is not a written text, we can still determine that the creator was making the argument that there is a connection between President Nixon and the Nazi Party. The lack of extrinsic ethos helps to enhance the intrinsic ethos, but, in the end, it is still difficult to discuss the credibility and even determine a comple...

The UC Berkeley protest signs use logos to show their audience the reason Yiannopoulos should not be speaking at the University’s free speech event. The article quotes some of the other protesters, saying “Hate speech is not free speech.” This delves into the technicalities of free speech. Under the constitution, free speech is a human right against the government, however the government is allowed to get involved when the speech is either hateful, invokes violence, is slander, or is obscene. Yiannopoulos is known for being very controversial, attacking celebrities on twitter, like Leslie Jones, as mentioned in the article. His obscene speech in the past as fueled the desire for so many students to take a stand against him coming to the campus, resulting in the protest poster that yells “NO!” to show the passion against him in a simple but strong way. The “Refusefascism.org” website also supports the logos by providing a way for people to become informed on fascism and see the connecti...

The Free Speech Movement as we know it today began on the UC Berkeley campus in the early 60s. Although a specific administrative ban of campus political activity triggered the wave of revolutionary action, Berkeley already had a decades-long history of censorship. Students -- liberals, conservatives, and radicals -- channeled passionate, focused rage into continued protests and sit-ins. This collective anger is reflected in the students' comparison between Nixon's leadership and Nazism. To those from other generations, this equation may sound like hyperbole. But to students at the time, the lack of political representation and overall suppression of their voices at such a reactive time in American history was reflective of the breakdown of democracy. Similar propaganda calling for equity and even socialism were a direct product of the students' outrage and the broader hostility of American politics: Overall, the 60s was when political engagement on campus was int...

The use of logos was exercised right from the beginning of the article. Brian Resnick, author of the article, described the usage of the protest posters for “rallying cities for peace, defamations of the federal government and as tributes to the martyrs of the civil rights movement.” There wasn’t much said due to the main objective of showing the posters, but the descriptive words show importance of the minimalistic posters. Resnick says, “...the 1960s and 70s gave rise to another type of political advertisement – the simply drawn, sometimes sobering protest poster.” A quote from San José State University says, “the president's name is strategically manipulated to form the center of a swastika.” The nazi Nixon poster was being described in that quote, and the political advertisements are becoming more minimal but very impactful. To rebuke the war propaganda, they purposefully created the strong yet minimalistic posters to show the distinct difference of them and its meanings behind...

The ethos in UC Berkeley is difficult to recognize due to the overall goal of a news article is to release as little bias as possible and reflect all of the main events through evidence. A piece of intrinsic ethos was shown when Phil Helsel released information of Yiannopoulos’ critics sharing he has a “history” of making “offensive comments related to race and religion”. Phil Helsel is a reporter and editor for NBC News, where a majority of the audience is leaning left. According to Linkedin , Helsel is in the “greater Los Angeles area”, a well populated area full of liberals. He has also reported from the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and Staten Island Advance, where he covered breaking news for criminal justice, environmental issues and education. Due to him being involved in numerous New York news agencies before NBC, one can predict that Helsel is from New York, another state populated with those leaning left. According to MSNBC , he has done numerous articles in relations t...

The passion within the students at UC Berkeley is the biggest part of the protest against Milo Yiannopoulus. The sign used a bold “NO!” that represents that passion within the students protesting and also brings out an emotional intensity with the large letters and exclamation point. The creator of this sign displays a message in such a simple, yet extremely bold and loud way, and this uses the rhetoric of pathos by making allowing others to see the sign, and feel the same resentment towards Yiannopoulus.. The protesters want others who view this poster to feel the same as they do so they can get more support against the guest speaker coming to their school and make an even bigger statement against him with the more people by their side. Connecting Yiannopoulus to fascism with the bottom half of the poster also evokes pathos. The audience continues to feel that resentment because they associate Yiannopoulus with such a negative and radical idea. They also add the negativity to fascis...

The exigence of the UC Berkeley committing a protest for Milos Yiannopoulos was due for Yiannopoulo's long history of using racist and offensive behavior and commentary towards religion. For anyone that is unaware of Milos Yiannopoulos, Milos Yiannopoulos is a British commentator, businessman, journalist, and an advocate for the Alt-Right. The kairos of UC Berkeley relies in protesters feeling the urgency to fight back a speaker with objectionable views. California is a state full of Leftists and advocacy for Equality, and it is also commonly a blue state, so the protesters, of course, will not side with guest speaker Yiannopoulos and his hateful rhetoric against people that are not like him. To back up this article, Tina Nguyen, author of Milos Yiannopoulos Is Starting A New Ugly, For-Profit Troll Circus , instills a quote by Yiannopoulos that Milos Inc, a company Yiannopoulos endorses, "would be dedicated to making the lives of journalists, professors, politicians, feminist...

The "Nixon Nazi" poster is a protest poster from 1970 posted on a college campus. It is clear that the artist's intent was to capture the hearts of any student that saw this poster. The initial sight that is seen is the infamous symbol of the Nazi party from World War II on its signature blaring red background. The use of this symbol was to grab the eye and immediately incite negative feelings such as anger or deep pity. The next element of this poster is what the author put in to spark more thinking on the topic. The element is the appearance of (then) President Nixon's name four times; replacing the four thick inner bands of the original symbol. Considering that the audience would be passing, possibly busy, college students, this layered attempt works in the artist's favor. When walking by this poster, a college student may do a double take, stop to look at the poster, and proceed to take in the poster in its entirety. The artist intent shows in the poster and t...

The political involvement of college students thrived in the frantic America of the 60s as enrollment in higher education reached an all time high . There are two powerful moments of exigence that prompted the ideas behind the 1970 poster and others like it: the Kent State massacre and Nixon's reaction to the resulting student strike. Nearing the end of the Vietnam War, Nixon announced that yet another set of invasions against Vietnam would take place. In the four days after this news broke, 500+ Kent State students rallied against Nixon's continued war efforts. In the final day (May 4, 1970), the Ohio State National Guard fired into a crowd of unarmed students in an effort to diffuse the commotion, killing 4 and injuring 9. This physical attempt to censor students that were only trying to insert themselves into America's political sphere triggered a nationwide student strike . Nixon unsuccessfully tried to commiserate with the students in a statement five days after the s...

Students at UC Berkeley were protesting against Milo Yiannopoulos coming to campus and giving a speech to the student body. Since he is someone with an incredibly controversial history, many students were against him coming to the school, and came together in protest against the school’s choice to hold the event. The photograph shows students holding a simple sign that screams “No!” and “Refuse Fascism.org.” This sign was used in protest against Yiannopoulos for the school administration to see in hopes of them cancelling the event, in which they did. The audience of this protest sign was not just the administration to tell them “No!” to hosting Yiannopoulos, but the audience was also the rest of the student body, targeting more so those students who may support Yiannopoulos. With the poster, students promoted an anti-fascist website, targeting the audience of people who support and like Yiannopoulos as “fascists,” claiming him to be one as well. Making a bold statement ensures the a...