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 4. Apocalyptic language is millenarian and thus promotes destruction.
 5. Apocalyptic language is violent and vindictive.
 
-In the rest of this chapter, I will aim to show that the Apocalypse of St John
-has frequently been attacked in all these terms before, but that these
-criticisms have always fallen short of appreciating the radical potential of the
-Apocalypse. Then, in chapter 3, I will aim to show that green rhetors even now
-must make use of those radical possibilities of apocalyptic language in order to
-be politically effective, and suggest some ways how they might do that.
+In the rest of this chapter, I will aim to show that these criticisms would, if
+they were applied to the Apocalypse of St John as it was addressed to its
+original audience, fail to reflect the radical possibilities of that work. Then,
+in chapter 3, I will aim to show that green rhetors even now must make use of
+those radical possibilities of apocalyptic language in order to be politically
+effective, and suggest some ways how they might do that.
 
 The first thing to notice is that, while the first three criticisms enumerated
 above all assume that apocalyptic language is catastrophic, the Apocalypse