Response to Donald Lazere's "Reaffirming Critical Composition Studies as an Antidote to Trumpian Authoritarianism".

The article presents the discussion on reading Donald Lazere's article reviving older schools of cultural criticism and teaching first-year students for writing clear prose based on reason and evidence. Topics include effects of authoritarian mass culture for promoting refined culture in the classroom for distancing students; and taking sides on traditional disputes on social issues such as abortion, capital punishment, or welfare in the assignment.