Media Activity 3.1

Obstacles to Critical Thinking

1. Consider this letter to the editor in a local newspaper. [Should appear in the section All Hail the Self.]

Letter; Greedy hoarders put our seniors in peril Friday, March 20, 2020. Our world has most certainly turned a corner and everyone is caught unaware of where COVID I9 has the potential of going and the vast parameters it will travel. There is a population of people that felt it was their right to deplete store inventories of toilet paper, Lysol spray wipes, hand sanitizers etcetera. Tell me, you selfish, greedy people, what gives you that right?.

https://buffalonews.com/2020/03/20/letter-greedy-hoarders-put-our-seniors-in-peril/

Does this letter contain an argument? Is there a conclusion? Are there premises?

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