Silencing Speech: New American Free Speech Debates
Silencing Speech: New American Free Speech Debates
Author(s): Aneta DybskaSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne
Keywords: free speechhate speech;identity politics;populism;repressive tolerance;silent majority;
Summary/Abstract: This article investigates the discursive production of “the silent majority” as a collective subject of Right-wing politics in the context of free speech controversies on U.S. college campuses. The discussion that follows examines the way the populist rhetoric, reified in the speech/silence dichotomy, focalizes partisan dissent and resentment and seeks to restore the nation’s past glory that was allegedly lost to political correctness and identity politics.
Journal: Res Rhetorica
- Issue Year: 7/2020
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 17-32
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English