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- Title
Memorializing Senator McCain's "Uncivil Tongue": Invitational Rhetoric and the Problem of Confrontation and Violence.
- Authors
Chick, Daniel M.
- Abstract
The idealistic principles of civility undergirding the theory of invitation generally condemn the use of confrontational or violent rhetorical strategies. Such condemnation risks preventing marginalized communities from properly responding to injustice lest they face criticism for uncivil and immoral behavior and provides cover for elites, whose hegemonic power is already secure, to violate civility norms. In response, I argue that a rhetorical theory of civility should not generally invalidate violations of civility norms and should instead justify the occasional use of the uncivil tongue.
- Subjects
MCCAIN, John, 1936-2018; COURTESY; INTERPERSONAL confrontation; INVITATIONAL rhetoric theory; EULOGIES
- Publication
Southern Communication Journal, 2021, Vol 86, Issue 4, p320
- ISSN
1041-794X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/1041794X.2021.1933154