Rhetorical Précis for Op Ed

In Stacy Schiff's op-ed Anger: An American Hate (Dec. 18, 2015), she asserts that hate has always been a part of the American way. The author first asserts this by claiming that even though hate sounds un-American, it's actually a big part of America.; she then provides the reader with past examples of ways that Americans expressed hate; and to conclude she shows the reader how even in this modern time, Americans continue to target specific groups of people. Her purpose is to show the reader that hate constantly plays a huge role in shaping American history in order to support her assertion on hate. She seems to have a right wing audience in mind because Schiff is trying to show hate is fueling the front runner of the republican presidential candidate.