{"id":19994,"date":"2011-01-11T21:32:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T02:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=19994"},"modified":"2011-01-11T21:32:50","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T02:32:50","slug":"quote-of-the-day-our-job-is-to-resist-such-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/01\/11\/quote-of-the-day-our-job-is-to-resist-such-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day: &#8220;Our job is to resist such language&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/01\/denhamarchitect.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19995\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/01\/denhamarchitect.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/01\/denhamarchitect.jpg 300w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/01\/denhamarchitect-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The irritable reaching after fact and reason may take a long time, and there\u2019s no guarantee that we won\u2019t forever remain in uncertainties, mysteries, and doubt about the motives of the Arizona killer. But regardless of what we do or do not discover, the use of language that frames one\u2019s political opponents as prey to be shot has no place in civic discourse. No negative capability is required to take that position. As Frye says, every society has some measure of mob rule and lynch law, and the language of both, in his words, &#8216;congeals into a mood of anticipatory violence.&#8217; Our job is to resist such language.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/2011\/01\/08\/targets\/comment-page-1\/#comment-8625\" target=\"_blank\"> Bob Denham<\/a>, in the comment thread today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The irritable reaching after fact and reason may take a long time, and there\u2019s no guarantee that we won\u2019t forever remain in uncertainties, mysteries, and doubt about the motives of the Arizona killer. 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