Captain Khan was the 27 year old son of two American citizens who died while heroically jumping in
front of a bomb, saving all of his group. In the video his father uses pathos throughout the video in
hopes of swaying voters. Pathos is appealing to people through their emotions in a convincing
manner. Khan's father reveals the truth of his sons death, asking Trump to recognize his sons valiant
efforts, by insinuating Trump does not respect Captain Khan due to him being Muslin-American. He
is appealing to the viewers emotion by causing sympathy and describing Hillary as someone who is
not racist. He also applies ethos which is, convincing someone based on the credibility or character of
another, by convincing the viewers that Hillary has stronger character than Trump.
According to breitbart, Trump never attacked Captain Khan by saying he is not a hero, in fact
he did the opposite by saying, "Captain Khan is an American hero." However, some might argue that
he said that to appeal to non-supporters. The video has been fact-checked to be false due to Khan's fathers' claim of Trump's lack of respect but previously, Trump has said racial comments about
Muslim-Americans. Being the father of a fallen soldier, he wants what he feels is best for our nation
and in the video all he is asking if Trump is for him to acknowledge and honor his son.
In the video, many common fallacies were used by Captain Khan's father when attempting to
prove his point. The main one I noticed was Hasty Generalizations because the speaker in the video,
Captain Khan's father, jumped to conclusions by saying Trump was not going to appreciate his sons
efforts overseas. He stereotyped Donald Trump as a racist who would automatically undermine his
son due to his previous disrespectful comments about Muslims. However, Trump did say his son was
a hero, even though he was a Muslim- American, whom he usually would not support.
http://www.breitbart.com/live/second-presidential-debate-fact-check-livewire/fact-check-no-donald-trump-never-attacked-capt-humayun-khan/
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he did the opposite by saying, "Captain Khan is an American hero." However, some might argue that
he said that to appeal to non-supporters. The video has been fact-checked to be false due to Khan's fathers' claim of Trump's lack of respect but previously, Trump has said racial comments about
Muslim-Americans. Being the father of a fallen soldier, he wants what he feels is best for our nation
and in the video all he is asking if Trump is for him to acknowledge and honor his son.
In the video, many common fallacies were used by Captain Khan's father when attempting to
prove his point. The main one I noticed was Hasty Generalizations because the speaker in the video,
Captain Khan's father, jumped to conclusions by saying Trump was not going to appreciate his sons
efforts overseas. He stereotyped Donald Trump as a racist who would automatically undermine his
son due to his previous disrespectful comments about Muslims. However, Trump did say his son was
a hero, even though he was a Muslim- American, whom he usually would not support.
http://www.breitbart.com/live/second-presidential-debate-fact-check-livewire/fact-check-no-donald-trump-never-attacked-capt-humayun-khan/
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