Testing Speech Codes

Dershowitz argument is well written and follows the Toulmin analysis perfectly. He exerts a claim, follow it up with personal examples, and provides several other examples. His claim is that the proper response to controversial and offense speech is not to block it completely but deny it with proper etiquette. The claim itself was not expressed outright and thus allowed the reader to ponder the situation and draw their own conclusions before he divulged his opinion. I also found it enjoyable that he used a real-life example to further develop his claim. He also includes a rebuttal and a follow-up to the rebuttal that was very relevant. Upon reading this I cannot find much difference in my views of this week’s subject.