https://twitter.com/RAMRANTS/status/930065838387863552?s=20
This statement which turned into a thread, was posted on twitter by Richard Armande Mills, a conservitive who works with Turning Point USA. Mill’s organization helps introduce students to the aspects of freedom, free market, and limited government. His goal is to try to get students to understand these aspects and maybe even try to get them to believe what this organization believes. This thread which was posted by Mills shows that Mills believes that Joe Biden is an “open sexual predator.” By posting this tweet Mills wants others to bring light on the situation of Joe Biden and what he is actually doing. This thread of tweets has a rhetorical appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos.
In this thread of tweets it is very obvious that this situation has a rhetorical appeal to ethos. Mill’s purpose of this thread is to help show people that Biden is not a good person like everyone thinks he is. He is trying to change people’s views on Biden by showing them his true character. Mills uses videos to prove his beliefs. All of his videos come from reliable sources like the news and other live footage from when these events have taken place. This shows that the sources used by Mills are credible because every video is live and they can’t change live footage.
These threads of tweets also have a rhetorical appeal to pathos. Pathos is the use of emotions and affect to persuade. As you can tell in this thread that this is one of Mill’s main ways of proving his point. He uses the videos to provoke an emotional response which also allows the viewers to have compassion towards the topic. Mills also uses descriptive details in summarizing what is happening in the videos, which allows the audience to understand what is actually happening. The videos also show Biden grabbing and holding the children in inappropriate ways. Mill’s hope for this thread is to persuade the viewers to see the truth about what Biden is actually doing while using ethos.
The rhetorical appeal of logos is also shown in this thread of tweets. Logos are shown by the descriptions of the videos. At the top of the videos Mills writes what is happening in the videos which shows why he believes that Biden is an open sexual predator. The videos also are objective reports so this brings credit to his beliefs. This is how the logic and reasoning of Mill’s thinking is shown.
Mills has shown a use of all the rhetorical appeals in his thread. He has used credibility, emotional appeals, and other aspects to show what he believes and why he believes it. Although this topic is very controversial and could have many different views on it, he did a good job in showing why he feels this way and what made him feel this way.