group work:

•  https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-28/campaign-fundraising-emails-fear-mongering
• In the article “We have nothing to fear but email fundraising pleas,” published by the LA Times, David Ulin makes the argument that politicians are using fear in their email and text campaigning practices to gain donations from their supporters.  Ulin starts off very casual using a lighthearted tone to ease you into the article, but then begins discussing his point by letting the audience know that as he got a text from Tim Ryan about a fundraising slump, Lindsay Graham was attempting to introduce a restrictive abortion bill.  He is trying to show the audience that he believes that politicians should be focusing on the issues instead of texting and emailing about fundraising.  Ulin then goes back to a lighthearted tone to connect with the audience as he jokes that his kids send him less texts than politicians do.  Later in the article, Ulin expresses the idea that these texts and emails are coming from an aggressive tone which makes supporters of politicians feel that if they don’t donate, the policies they believe in won’t be fulfilled. The author takes the example of his donation to Ryan to support his argument. He is immeasurably superior to his opponent. J.D. Vance, a millionaire backed by conservative billionaire Peter Thiel. The author also points out that asking for help by texting is an effective way to raise some money from the government instead of making them afraid. Despite the fact that Ulin supports Tim Ryan, he doesn’t want to feel as though he is being threatened by him.  Ulin attempts to connect with the audience and make them agree that these texts and emails are going too far and being too aggressive.  Overall Ulin is generally successful in establishing his argument to his audience through giving logical explanations and connecting with the audience.