Index 1960s Kairos: The Manson Family Murders Need Kairos Audience (Pathos) Argument (Ethos) Argument (Logos) Conclusion 1960s Kairos: The Manson Family Murders Need Regarding Manson family murders, the only one to focus on is Charles Manson. The “family members” involved in these murders were simply followers, blindly going with the flow. Charles Manson, he said in court, was trying to stir up a race war that he said was predicted and invoked by the Beatles' song Helter Skelter. He was a white supremacist who sought to make the murders appear as if they were committed as an African-American hate crime in an attempt to illicit a backlash of violence from white communities. Manson's crimes occurred during a time of racial reform that was shaping the nation, and as a white supremacist, he did not approve of the movements toward racial equality that occurred during this time period. Manson still sought white privilege and the segregation and oppression of the African American population. He believed that staging his crimes would bring this back to him like a hard-fought race war. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essayKairosThe 1960s were a time of racial reform in which white supremacists attempted to suppress the African American population and African Americans rebelled against the racist regime that ruled the nation. Charles Manson, a white supremacist, was greatly influenced by the situation, along with the song Helter Skelter, and staged the Tate & LaBianca Murders to resemble African-American race crimes to spark a race war locally, then nationally, and finally the population world. The swastika tattooed on his forehead made his motives very clear to the courtroom and the nation. After being captured he did not deny his crimes, but tried to justify them with crazy ideas. He declared that he was not guilty of these crimes, but that the country was, and explained in court that he was simply a reflection of what the country had done to him, no more, no less. He talked about this violent country and how it shaped him. Audience (Pathos) Manson's decision to stage the murders as hate crimes was done to cause emotional upheaval in both the Caucasian and African American populations and to start a race war. The phrases "Death to Pigs" and "Helter Skelter" were written on the walls to appear as if an African-American group had targeted Sharon Tate, a prominent and wealthy Caucasian actress, to start this race war. The audience for the crime was to be made up of African Americans and Caucasian Americans from the area, and then the nation, in equal measure. He intended to arouse a cry of indignation from Caucasians at the execution of one of their own by African Americans and he intended to arouse a cry of indignation from African Americans at the guilt of the murder and what would be done to them after the Caucasians had discovered they were to blame for the Tate murder. If he hadn't been caught, Charles Manson might have actually gotten what he wanted. Argument (Ethos) Manson's charisma and persuasion were a vital part in recruiting members of the Manson family, he gave young men rebelling against their parents and rebelling against the government a place to call home and a person to call " father". They followed his teachings and actions as law and obeyed his every command. They saw him as a wise, leading, and respectful man, and so they followed him. He led them along his.