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The found-object assemblages by the Cherokee artist Jimmie Durham -- parodic weapons made out of rusty gun parts, salvaged wood, plastic pipe -- deal with race and cultural resistance, but do so by imaginative, not merely rhetorical, means. Even Janine Antoni's sculptures -- a big cube of chocolate gnawed by the...
In an Op-ed page piece in Sunday's New York Times, Frederick said that, contrary to the beliefs of some linguistics experts, the world "like" is an effective rhetorical device that "demonstrates the speaker's heightened sensibility."
Like all serious evils, this behavior takes many forms. One instance of this rhetorical recklessness outstrips most others in sheer power and elan. In one deployment it works all kinds of slick magic: it saves the speaker from accountability, establishes (wink-wink) an intimacy with the listener that only a...
As cowardly as this rhetorical irresponsibility is, it is not without its merits. Something so powerful can most certainly be put to useful ends. I could use some extended days throughout the school year, not just on my birthday. This past exam period, especially.
I may have to bear a few dirty looks from my classmates but that's a small price to pay for my rhetorical irresponsibility and wanton disruption of time. And my big, fat "A" will be comfort enough.