Confronting toxic rhetoric : writing teachers' experiences of rupture, resistance, and resilience /

"Confronting toxic rhetoric contributes to the extant scholarship on toxic rhetoric, specifically the negative and extreme political discourse surrounding the Trump years of campaigning, rallying, tweeting, holding office, and the ongoing culture war in the US (Duffy, 2020). Toxic rhetoric chal...

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Other Authors:	White-Farnham, Jamie (Editor, Contributor), Molloy, Cathryn (Editor), Finer, Bryna Siegel (Editor), Adams, Whitney Jordan (Contributor), Meyer, Craig A. (Contributor), Boedy, Matthew Neal (Contributor), Yang, Liping (Contributor), Lonelodge, Sarah (Contributor), Egger, Miranda L. (Contributor), Bowles, Bruce, Jr (Contributor), McMartin, Charles (Contributor), Shea, Sarah M. (Contributor), Cole, Daniel (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Peter Lang, [2025]
Series:	Studies in composition and rhetoric ; v.25.
Subjects:	English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching. Resilience (Personality trait) Hate speech. Rhetoric > Study and teaching. Rhétorique > Étude et enseignement. Résilience (Trait de personnalité) Propagande haineuse.

Table of Contents:

Section 1. Rupture. Site of contention : rhetorics of/and Stone Mountain, Georgia / Whitney Jordan Adams
When two sides are too many : using fairness in unfair ways / Craig A. Meyer
Taking on toxic rhetoric in the classroom / Matthew Boedy
Section 2. Resistance. From "Kung flu" to #StopAAPIHate : confronting toxic anti-AAPI rhetoric through contemporary activism and digital literacy / Liping Yang
Responding in real time : a course in rhetoric, propaganda, demagoguery, and misinformation / Sarah Lonelodge
Social digital annotation as a tool for the future of democratic discourse / Miranda L. Egger
"The action is on you!" : examining when and why to engage - or not engage - rhetorically / Bruce Bowles Jr.
Section 3. Resilience. Teaching toward coalitions : combating the toxic rhetoric around critical race theory and diversity, equity, and inclusion / Charles McMartin
The elephant in the room : on responding to potential toxic rhetoric in tutoring sessions / Sarah M. Shea
Detoxifying debate : confluences of composition and conflict resolution / Daniel Cole.