Refugee Rhetoric

This cartoon uses humor and irony to express its views on the current events regarding the allowance of refugees into the United States. To do so, it makes a slight appeal to logic by illuminating how our country began from the acceptance of refugees (even though said logic is fallacious), as well as a pathetic appeal by emphasizing our origins as a country. To understand this cartoon, it is necessary to have knowledge of the original American settlers (refugee Puritans) as well as the modern debate over the allowance of refugees into the country. Thus, this cartoon is directed towards the more educated and current event aware public, specifically those opposing the allowance of refugees or moderate to the situation.