Major Argument of Nixon Nazi Poster

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 that concept so when they think about Nixon, they think about many atrocious and heartless actions done to innocent people. The Nixon Nazi poster pushed that the American government was hurting its own citizens and cared not for their well-being.

---Grace

Comments

  1. UnknownOctober 10, 2017 at 2:17 PM

    As college student, I would also be filled with many emotions if I saw a poster like this on campus. I liked how you included the stasis of theory of action and how the poster can provoke reactions in audiences to respond to the issues of the war draft. Overall, it was success including all rhetorical appeals in your post but you should sign it so people know who wrote this!

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownOctober 10, 2017 at 2:17 PM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. UnknownOctober 10, 2017 at 2:19 PM

      I think you did a good job at portraying the main argument and hit all the main points. The author of the poster wanted to invoke feelings of anger and disapproval towards the government.

      Delete
  3. UnknownOctober 10, 2017 at 3:08 PM

    You did a great job of identifying the stasis of Action. I do believe that this poster wanted to incite a reaction within its audience and make them fight for their values. This poster uses the swastika as a shock factor but I do not believe that the entire message of this poster is that Nixon is a Nazi. Rather, this poster hoped for its audience to reflect on the direction they were taking as a society. They were becoming violent and being blinded in the pursuit of retribution. The poster isn’t saying that America equates to nazism but that they were becoming a society full of mistrust and hate just like WWII Germany.

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownOctober 12, 2017 at 9:35 AM

    I think you did a great job analyzing the call for action present in the poster. It clearly makes a statement, and a strong one at that. Calling the president a Nazi, especially in a time when differing ideologies were viewed with more fear than today, is a sure way to elicit feelings, and, by extension, actions, in many audiences.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Nixon Nazi - Audience

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...
Read more

Ethos on UC Berkeley

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...
Read more