| I chose the post by rhetor Rachel Zegler regarding abortion and planned parenthood and the benefits that are included with the program via twitter. She is a singer and actor that is very outspoken about her beliefs regarding the rights of other people. She advocates for minorities and those who cannot stand up for herself. She wrote this tweet in response to the debate between vice presidents in preparation of the 2020 election. The two candidates were discussing planned parenthood and their stances on it. Her intended audience were the people who were also talking about the election who were only focusing on abortion as part of planned parenthood. She wanted to enlighten those who did not recognize the other benefits that the service of planned parenthood provides and show them that they were bypassing the majority of things that helped those who used planned parenthood. Her audience was also her followers and the general population because she wanted to show them how she felt about this topic. Generally, the service assists women in many things beyond just pregnancies and birth control and rather helps them with feminine health, especially when other services are not available when they need them. Zegler’s overall thesis is that planned parenthood benefits women in ways that are bigger than just abortion, whether you personally agree with it or not, so eradicating that service would harm women in a bigger sense. She appeals to people’s logos by reasoning that planned parenthood focuses on many services anyways, rather than coming across as biased in that she supports abortion. Her approach to include logos allows people to look at her argument from a different stand point and recognize objectively that whether one agrees with abortion or not, planned parenthood plays a bigger role beyond that. She also made an appeal to pathos by relating her own experience of when she was in need of a certain service. Although her local ob/gyn was not there to provide for her when she needed it, planned parenthood would have come through for her to help her receive the help she needed. Other women can relate and know the struggle of finding help when it is difficult to look for. They empathize with her want for assistance at her fingertips. It makes other people realize that not everything can be provided for by the people that are supposed to provide it. Planned parenthood helps fulfill needs where other services are lacking. |