Why Ann Coulter Behaves the Way She Does

     From the title onward, it is evident that Ann Coulter's blog post is more of a simulation of an argument than an ethical deliberation. In Why Liberals Behave the Way They Do, Coulter lambasts leftists in America, launching directly into comparisons between modern Democrats in the U.S. and Adof Hitler/Benito Mussolini. This syllogistic approach to her supposed argument holds little weight as useful rhetoric for her cause.

     Her unbalanced comparisons continue on the second page as Obama is likened to Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez. She violates "The Usage Rule" throughout the text by making blanket statements of the demands and desires by American liberals. These claims show poor style in their use of broad assumption and lack of definition or clarity. Clearly, little consideration is given to the idea of interpreting the Democrats' stances from their point of view (Rebecca Jones, 177).

     Her ideographic use of "mobs" and "crowds" implies a negative connotation of a vague idea. The vocabulary chosen was no mistake, of course. In the field of rhetoric, this is an immoral strategy that is typically as effective as it is frowned-upon. The use of ideological assumptions for the sake of obscurity and inciting an emotional appeal is, simply put, wrong. Vague wording is not considered stylistically sound (Kessler and McDonald, 142).