If you were to appeal to patriotism you would try and persuade something to someone by referring to their loyalty to their country. Here is an example of this...
Jack - "Hey, you need to vote in order approve prop 14. All good Americans vote, so if you do not vote, then you are not a true American."
Jill - " Oh my gosh. You are right, Jack. Of course I am a true American so I will definitely vote on prop 14."
Here, Jack manipulated Jill in to voting on prop 14 by questioning her faith to America. This is a useful appeal only if your are using it on a person with a lot of American pride. Because if you appealed to patriotism on somebody who is not from America or does not care if he or she is considered to be a true American, then this would not work. When you appeal to certain people, you need to keep in mind what ideas will work on those specific people.
Hey Kalem! Your post about appeal to patriotism was really explanatory. It was very clear and easy to read. I thought it was really unique too since I haven’t seen too many of our bloggers write about it yet. The example that you used made it easy for me to understand what appeal to patriotism was. Your example is kind of like the situation about the horrible attacks on September 11th. I feel that if you are American and not sad or depressed about the event then people claim you as un-American and not a true American. It’s a form of appeal to emotion stating you should feel bad since so many lives were impacted.
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