Southern Politicians Ignorant of Southern Hospitality
This article is in response to the recent Brett Kavanaugh hearings. Before continuing this article read and watch the highlights from the hearing at this link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/us/politics/takeaways-kavanaugh-hearing.html
Southern hospitality is a way of life just south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Manners are essential to the upbringing of a proper southern belle and gentleman. Parents silence their digressions around children and keep their tone at a respectable quality in fear of compromising their reputation.
As I tuned into the hearings from the Brett Kavanaugh case I quickly picked up on the loose ethos and sympathetic pathos rhetoric used from both sides. Ford’s recount of the night of her sexual assault could make even the strictest republican choke up. Kavanaugh’s narrative of his young daughter preaching goodwill on Ford’s future could touch even the most left-wing liberal in the courtroom. Further, both parties used semi-factual, heightened language and fact to re-emphasize their status in the case. Ford dropped heightened language like “hippocampus”, that is easily recognizable by anyone who has taken a Psych 101 class, but to those who haven’t her position as a research psychologist is elevated. Kavanaugh attempted to assert his superior intellect in high school, claiming to…
