College, the next step into adulthood, should be an institution that promotes and fosters freedom of speech and thought. Nowadays, however, these educational institutions are becoming progressively more sensitive and conservative about exposing their students to the unfiltered realities of the world. Comedians are forced to change their style and are not given their freedom of speech to avoid possibly offending or imposing any stereotypes on the students. Universities have purposely blocked out discussions of certain thoughts and ideas because they want to embrace a world that’s less cruel than the reality. College students are grown up and should be not be restricted to filtered ideas and thoughts that are respectful towards the university’s certain set of imposed beliefs. The article “That’s Not Funny!” by Caitlin Flanagan reveals how many stand up comedians tend to stray away from college gigs because they are too restricting on what they are allowed to express to a room of young adults. Flanagan effectively persuades her audience by appealing to them with her use of rhetorical techniques such as logos, ethos, and pathos. Since Flanagan is a …show more content…
A majority of the knowledge she has acquired of this general topic was through attending these entertainment conventions held by NACA and experiencing it herself. By interacting with the students from the NACA committee, she has gained a great deal of knowledge on how they pick and choose which comedians will be performing every year. NACA’s main goal through this selection is “promoting the importance of “eliminating” any language that is “discriminatory or culturally insensitive.”” Acquiring all this knowledge and insight on the values of these systems makes her more credible and reliable to her audience