in order to clear up the confusion in an accurate but reader friendly way first claim from opposition the term beat generation is only accurately used for a small group of writers sub claim the term beat generation cannot be used for writers and artists outside of this small group example bruce conner is not a beat i'm working backward here support bruce conner claims he is not a beat counterclaim the oppositions argument is weakened by two fallacies cherry picking with a broader analysis of evidence we can perhaps