Supporting an idea is utilized as a basis for a claim, thus turning it into a credible argument. In order to establish a claim, one must understand the various ways that people can be persuaded by an argument. These elements of persuasion are logos, pathos, and ethos. By appealing to either one of these elements or all three, one can differentiate between that of nonsense and credibility. In the amusing video of Drunk History, a woman provides a secondary account of the story of Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks. The beginning of the segment displays a vague interpretation of how racial discrimination ensued between a 15 year old African American girl and a white woman. Through the implementation of slurred dialects, the claim established provides a significant connection to the element of logos. This element demonstrates an example of how deductive reasoning is utilized by reaching a conclusion based on, "applying a general fact that we know--or belief that we hold--to a specific situation" (Austin 597). An example of this description is provided by how the woman felt entitled to a seat because of the belief that, "You have to move …show more content…
These two men were close friends until the Election of 1800 caused them to become bitter enemies. During the heated the battle, the drunken man interestingly believed that Thomas quoted that, "John Adams is a hermaphrodite" (Drunken History 2014). This quote represents the fallacy of bandwagoning, which asserts that "you should believe something or do something because everybody else believes it or does it" (Austin 604). In reality, it is important to establish that, "Jefferson and Adams disagreed about what, precisely, the new government was" (Wiley-Blackwell 1). Although Jefferson's assertion was false, the amusing, yet flawed claims during the Election of 1800 explores the depth of Jefferson and Adam's