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'We're led by stupid people': Exploring Trump's use of denigrating and deprecating speech to promote hatred and violence
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 16:21 authored by Valcore, J, Nicole AsquithNicole Asquith, Jess RodgersIn response to a call for criminologists to consider the impact of former President Donald Trump’s presumed criminality, we analyze verbal-textual hostility (VTH) in Trump’s campaign speeches. Politicians have particular power and reach with their speech and their use of VTH is an important part of the trifecta of violence. Using a framework informed by linguistic theory and previous analysis of hate speech in recorded hate crimes, we present the categories of deprecation and denigration, and discuss their relationship to domination. In context, these forms of VTH enhance and serve as precursors to more violent speech and acts.
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Publication title
Crime Law Soc ChangePagination
1-20ISSN
0925-4994Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
Springer NetherlandsPlace of publication
Van Godewijckstraat 30, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 3311 GzRights statement
© The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made.Repository Status
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