Having thoroughly researched your topic on political correctness and comedy, your goal is to make a persuasive argument that will help move the debate forward, solve a pressing problem, and/or resolve disagreements. You may find it useful to consider the stases. Your argument can do one or more of the following:
• show that a problem exists or that it’s serious enough to merit action;
• identify the cause of that problem; or define a key term; and/or
• advocate for a way to respond to and solve the problem.
You might find it useful to address multiple stases (it is common for arguments to define the problem and then advocate for a fitting solution). Your goal is to move the debate forward by addressing the stasis or stases that are subject to disagreement. This is to say, if most people agree that a problem exists, the core of your argument should not be that a problem exists. This also means that you do not necessarily need to argue for a particular solution to the problem; if the debate is mired by disagreements on the lower stases, you can make a significant contribution by helping people agree on definition or cause-and-effect, etc.
