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Dr. Williams Engl. 101 Spring 2021 Argumentative Response Exercise: Example Analysis Context: Leading to the afternoon of 21 July, 2020, The House had been debating a bill on crime and policing: “In a brief but heated exchange, which was overheard by a reporter, [Ted] Yoho [R-Fla.] told [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez [D-N.Y.] she was ‘disgusting’ for recently suggesting that poverty and unemployment are driving a spike in crime in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic. ‘You are out of your freaking mind,’ Yoho told her. Ocasio-Cortez shot back, telling Yoho he was being ‘rude.’” As the two parted ways, Yoho called Ocasio-Cortez a “fucking bitch.”1 As public pressure mounted, Yoho was compelled to apologize to Ocasio-Cortez on the House floor. What follows is Yoho’s apology and Ocasio-Cortez’s response. Read both and answer the accompanying prompts in roughly 50-100 words each. Prompts: 1) Summarize Yoho’s thesis. What evidence, minor premises, or Aristotelian appeals does he employ to build his argument? Point to specific examples from the text. 2) On the whole, how effective is Yoho’s apology? Why or why not? 3) How does AOC respond (i.e. summarize her thesis)? What evidence, minor premises, or Aristotelian appeals does he employ to build his argument? Point to specific examples from the text. 4) On the whole, how effective is her retort? Why or why not? DUE: 3/10 1 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/508259-ocaasio-cortez-accosted-by-gop-lawmaker-over-remarks-that-kind-of Representative Yoho’s Apology2 I INJECTED INTO CONGRESS. I WORKED WITH MANY MEMBERS IN THIS CONGRESS IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS ON EACH SIDE OF THE AISLE. SO, LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS THIS BODY. I RISE TODAY TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE ABRUPT MANNER OF THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM NEW YORK. IT IS TRUE THAT WE DISAGREE ON POLICIES AND VISIONS FOR AMERICA BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD BE DISRESPECTFUL. HAVING BEEN MARRIED FOR 45 YEARS WITH TWO DAUGHTERS, I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF MY LANGUAGE. THE OFFENSIVE NAME-CALLING, WORDS ATTRIBUTED TO ME BY THE PRESS WERE NEVER SPOKEN TO MY COLLEAGUES AND IF THEY WERE CONSTRUED THAT WAY, AAPOLOGIZE FOR MY -- I APOLOGIZE FOR MY MISUNDERSTANDING. MY WIFE CAROLYN AND I STARTED TOGETHER AT THE AGE OF 19 WITH NOTHING. WE DID ODD JOBS. AND WE WERE ON FOOD STAMPS. I KNOW THE FACE OF POVERTY. AND FOR A TIME IT WAS MINE. THAT IS WHY I KNOW PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY CAN STILL WITH ALL ITS FAULTS RISE UP AND SUCCEED AND NOT BE ENCOURAGED TO BREAK THE LAW. I WILL SUBMITCOMMIT TO EACH OF YOU THAT I WILL CONDUCT MYSELF FROM A PLACE OF PASSION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT POLICY AND POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT BE VIGOROUSLY DEBATED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE APPROACH, THE PROBLEMS FACING OUR NATION WITH THE BETTERMENT WITH THE COUNTRY IN OUR MIND AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. I CANNOT APOLOGIZE 2 https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4894103/representative-yoho-apologizes-abrupt-conversation-representativeocasio-cortez-denies-calling FOR MY PASSION OR FOR LOVING MY GOD, MY FAMILY, AND MY COUNTRY. I YIELD BACK. Representative Ocasio-Cortez’s Response3 I would also like to thank many of my colleagues for the opportunity to not only speak today but for the many members from both sides of the aisle who have reached out to me in support following an incident earlier this week. About two days ago I was walking up the steps of the Capitol when Representative Yoho suddenly turned a corner, and he was accompanied by Representative Roger Williams. And accosted me on the steps right here in front of our nation's capitol. I was minding my own business, walking up the steps, and Representative Yoho put his finger in my face, he called me disgusting, he called me crazy, he called me out of my mind. And he called me dangerous. And then he took a few more steps and after I had recognized his – after I had recognized his comments as rude, he walked away and said, I’m rude, you're calling me rude. I took a few steps ahead and I walked inside and cast my vote. Because my constituents send me here each and every day to fight for them. And to make sure that they are able to keep a roof over their head. That they are able to feed their families. And that they are able to carry their lives with dignity. I walked back out and there were reporters in the front of the Capitol, and in front of reporters, Representative Yoho called me, and I quote, a f------ b----. These are the words 3 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/24/aoc-response-ted-yoho-read-text-rep-ocasio-cortezsspeech/5500633002/ Representative Yoho levied against a congresswoman. A congresswoman that not only represents New York’s 14th district but every congresswoman in this country because all of us have had to deal with this in some form, some way, some shape at some point in our lives. And I want to be clear that Representative Yoho’s comments were not deeply hurtful or piercing to me. Because I have worked a working-class job. I have waited tables in restaurants. I have ridden the subway. I have walked the streets in New York City. And this kind of language is not new. I have encountered words uttered by Mr. Yoho and men uttering the same words as Mr. Yoho while I was being harassed in restaurants. I have tossed men out of bars that have used language like Mr. Yoho's, and I have encountered this type of harassment riding the subway in New York City. This is not new. And that is the problem. Mr. Yoho was not alone. He was walking shoulder to shoulder with Representative Roger Williams. And that's when we start to see that this issue is not about one incident. It is cultural. It is a culture of a lack of impunity, of acceptance of violence and violent language against women, an entire structure of power that supports that. Because not only have I been spoken to disrespectfully, particularly by members of the Republican Party, and elected officials in the Republican Party, not just here, but the President of the United States last year told me to 'go home' to another country with the implication that I don't even belong in America. The governor of Florida, Governor DeSantis, before I was sworn in, called me a 'whatever that is.' Dehumanizing language is not new. And what we are seeing is that incidents like these are happening in a pattern. This is a pattern of an attitude towards women and the dehumanization of others. So, while I was not deeply hurt or offended by little comments that are made, when I was reflecting on this, I honestly thought I was going to pack it up and go home. It's just another day, right? But then yesterday, Representative Yoho decided to come to the floor of the House of Representatives and make excuses for his behavior. And that I could not let go. I could not allow my nieces, I could not allow the little girls that I go home to, I could not allow victims of verbal abuse and, worse, to see that — to see that excuse and to see our Congress accept it as legitimate and accept it as an apology and to accept silence as a form of acceptance, I could not allow that to stand. Which is why I’m rising today to raise this point of personal privilege. And I do not need representative Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly, he does not want to. Clearly, when given the opportunity he will not. And I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women and using abusive language towards women. But what I do have issue with is using women, wives, and daughters as shields and excuses for poor behavior. Mr. Yoho mentioned that he has a wife and two daughters. I am two years younger than Mr. Yoho's youngest daughter. I am someone's daughter too. My father, thankfully, is not alive to see how Mr. Yoho treated his daughter. My mother got to see Mr. Yoho's disrespect on the floor of this house towards me on television, and I am here because I have to show my parents that I am their daughter and that they did not raise me to accept abuse from men. Now, what I am here to say is that this harm that Mr. Yoho levied, tried to levy against me, was not just an incident directed at me, but when you do that to any woman, what Mr. Yoho did was give permission to other men to do that to his daughters. He -- in using that language, in front of the press, he gave permission to use that language against his wife, his daughters, women in his community, and I am here to stand up to say that is not acceptable. I do not care what your views are. It does not matter how much I disagree or how much it incenses me or how much I feel that people are dehumanizing others. I will not do that myself. I will not allow people to change and create hatred in our hearts. And so, what I believe is that having a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man. And when a decent man messes up, as we all are bound to do, he tries his best and does apologize. Not to save face, not to win a vote. He apologizes genuinely to repair and acknowledge the harm done so that we can all move on. Lastly, what I want to express to Mr. Yoho is gratitude. I want to thank him for showing the world that you can be a powerful man and accost women. You can have daughters and accost women without remorse. You can be married and accost women. You can take photos and project an image to the world of being a family man and accost women without remorse and with a sense of impunity. It happens every day in this country. It happened here on the steps of our nation’s Capitol. It happens when individuals who hold the highest office in this land admit, admit to hurting women, and using this language against all of us. Once again, I thank my colleagues for joining us today.
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