Drudge Report (drudgereport.com) is a website I check daily for the news. It has a very clear layout and the top stories/breaking news are always displayed at the top. Today when I went to the site, the main story was titled "Video: Potty Mouthed Kids Trash Trump". The link on the website took my to Youtube where I spent 2 minutes watching Latino children argue that Trump's stances on immigration are racist and will have devastating consequences. Although these kids are probably right in what they are saying, their method of arguing that was very interesting and somewhat shocking to me. The kids in the video make the claim that Trump will not be able to win the election unless he has the support of the Latino population. They also make the argument that Americans should not vote for or support him because of his discriminating perspectives (warrant). This is totally fine, but they decided to insert the shock value of kids yelling at the camera and dropping f-bombs for the audience to hear. I believe -and I also think most American families might too- that it is very inappropriate for children to use that type of language. To me, it distracted from the point of the argument and destroyed any credibility (ethos) that the video could have had. In my opinion, they could have strengthened their argument by allowing the kids to calmly and sincerely stress their concerns regarding this nominee instead of yelling profanities and include more logos and pathos to appeal to their audience.
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