This song was written by country star Dave Dudley, and released in 1966 on his album There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere. As consistent with the times, the song focuses on the ongoing Vietnam War. 1966 was a year that saw early escalation in terms of American involvement in the Southeast Asian country. In January, President Lyndon Johnson declared that the United States would stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended. Around 70,000 extra soldiers were deployed, and by June, American planes were bombing multiple Vietnamese cities. With this escalation, came large protests across the United States, with tens of thousands protesting in the Washington, D.C. Although the anti-war movement had already begun, the majority of the country still supported the war at this time, and that is the sentiment that Dudley's song reflects.
Agustin Aguerre
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ReplyDeleteI see the connections you were trying to make, I just feel like you could've referenced something else related to the topic, or you could've referenced specific examples from the text that show it relates to the current situation. This most likely would have been through quotes. But this is still a very solid post.
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ReplyDeleteI appreciate the comment, Nebeyu; I was actually wondering while I was writing if adding a quotation or two would have strengthened my argument. However, I felt that quoting the song would not do much in terms of helping develop the kairos argument, since it was more about the timeliness and the context of the song than the actual content of it. I will certainly include quotations in the Logos, Pathos, and Ethos segments though.
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Excellent discussion on an excellent post, gentlemen. I think that kairos is tricky, because the rhetorical moment can mean both the Moment (historically, in time) as you've discussed here, or the literal moment of the rhetorical text's construction and delivery, as Nebeyu mentions.
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