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Crosshairs over Tucson: A Case Study in Mythic Rhetoric and Political Vitriol
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Crosshairs over Tucson: A Case Study in Mythic Rhetoric and Political Vitriol
Yazar:
Bridges, Shana Marie, author. (orcid)0000-0002-7305-5585
ISBN:
9780438114340
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1 electronic resource (262 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Robert L. Ivie Committee members: Joan Hawkins; John L. Lucaites; Robert Terrill.
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On January 8, 2011, Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a "Congress on your Corner" event hosted by Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, AZ. In the search for answers after the tragedy, many public figures theorized that Loughner had been motivated by rampant political vitriol. Pima County Sherriff Lawrence Dupnik specifically cited a "Take back the 20" campaign map Sarah Palin posted on her Facebook page in March 2010. There were images resembling the crosshairs of a gun sight over Democratic districts---including Giffords's---where representatives had voted for Obamacare. In fact, there is no evidence that Loughner was influenced by Palin's violent imagery. Nevertheless, the conversation about the link between rhetoric and violence was important and is the starting point for this study. In this dissertation, I explore the ways rhetoric constructs, contributes to, perpetuates, and maintains a climate of enmity and polarization in contemporary U.S. politics. I draw from newspaper articles, op-eds, social media posts, and blog commentary published online before and after the Tucson shootings. I specifically locate a variety of war-related metaphors that have been invoked in a tragic ritual of vilification that hinders identification with others and instead situates fellow citizens as enemies. I also discuss those instances where political rhetoric tended more toward the comic corrective as a way of both highlighting the form of comic rhetoric and illustrating its workability within public culture. I specifically cite examples of the comic critique from notable satirists Jon Stewart and his protege, Stephen Colbert. I argue that satirists encourage a sense of rhetorical vigilance so that citizens become more alert consumers of political discourses. Rather than focusing on civility, as was the suggestion for improving political discourse after the Tucson shootings, I propose that the practice of rhetorical vigilance is a more substantial step toward reducing political vitriol and improving democratic exchange.
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School code: 0093
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