How and why is a social group represented in a particular
way?
The opinion column, “Give
Me Your Tired Arguments” by Ann Coulter, focuses on the topic of President
Trump’s “Muslim Ban” that was signed in the year 2017. This ban had involved
seven known majority-Muslim countries and had stopped their citizens from being
able to travel to the U.S. for any purposes. In the column, Coulter enforces
the image of Muslims being destructive and dangerous believers of their faith
through the use of the negative stereotypes already found within the lives of U.S.
citizens, such as from news articles and shows and social media. Such
stereotypes are utilized by Coulter to ensure that the ban, as discriminating
as it is, can be fully supported and justified. This is due to how the victims
are, in her eyes, only the largely misrepresented Muslim community that are
seen as enemies to the U.S. and its ideals, which strongly follows U.S.
conservative beliefs and bias on Muslims and other religions and cultures.
