UC Berkeley Protest/Poster: Major Argument

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 across the nation. This hostility is further indicated by Trump's reaction on Twitter, when he proposed the idea of revoking federal funds because liberal students believed that the alt-right's practice of hate speech should not be considered free speech.Overall, liberal Berkeley students did not want to stand for hateful ideology on their campus, and took action in the name of dignifying the voices of those that are attacked by the alt-right.

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  1. UnknownOctober 10, 2017 at 11:30 AM

    I think you did a great job summarizing the major arguments. I like how you do so by asking questions instead of stating your own opinions. I think the article also did a good job in explaining the different sides by including the big poster that say "NO" and the tweet from Trump's twitter.

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  2. UnknownOctober 11, 2017 at 5:39 PM

    I like the portion of asking questions, it helped provide a line of thought when considering the major argument. Additionally the line of questioning does a great job in both informing the audience of the stasis and evaluating the major argument.

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  3. UnknownOctober 12, 2017 at 9:44 AM

    I though the connection you made between the current and past protests was interesting. The maintained relationship between the college and the government is quite interesting to look at, and shows how the views of certain populations don't really change.

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