Post a link to an op-ed, editorial, or opinions piece that you think is compelling. How does it try to convince the reader? What sort of argument or evidence is it using? What about this piece do you think works? Would you have anxiety sharing this piece with someone who holds different political, cultural, social, or religious views than you do? Why or why not?
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Link us to an opinion's piece or editorial that you disagree with and discuss what it's trying to do and why it's not successful for you. Then, if you can think of a way to do this succinctly, try to persuade your reader why your stance on the issue is more compelling. Feel free to discuss some logical fallacies as well!
Would you consider morality to be more cultural than objective, and how might that impact your thinking about how different people should engage with each other in peace or violence? How should a government, multinational corporation, or private individual try to weigh or prioritize conflicting or clashing value systems? How would you settle the question of whether or not to host content regarding Black Pete or #KillAllMen on a social media platform that is widely used and accessible by anyone in the world?
On pages 29-30, we follow the perspective of Mr. Tanimoto as he races into the city, unharmed. The narration puts forth that, "the wounded limped past the screams, and Mr. Tanimoto ran past them. As a Christian he was filled with compassion for those who were trapped, and as a Japanese he was overwhelmed by the shame of being unhurt, and he prayed as he ran, 'God help them and take them out of the fire.'" Revisit these pages and consider whether or not the "shame of being unhurt" has any echoes or reflections in our society and context today, especially in the age of finstas and oversharing on TikTok. Does this idea register to us as foreign or familiar? In what ways do we see this notion, if at all, in our society or our school today? Can "normalizing stigma" go too far into the realm of encouraging or spreading unwanted behavior?
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