From 23101fb4adca9260a2ab5d9abf7c7196f08c758e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 14:34:06 +0100 Subject: log: examples of green rhetoric in which the audience is blamed or assumed to have power over the problem --- log.md | 11 +++++++++++ tasks.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/log.md b/log.md index ae1ad96..2cddfb3 100644 --- a/log.md +++ b/log.md @@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ author: Joe Carstairs ## 2026-05-05 +### Examples of green rhetoric in which the audience is blamed or assumed to have power over the problem + +- @{back-to-nature} is a particularly egregious example +- @{inconvenient-truth} must be a go-to. See the credits especially. +- @{forget-me-not}, especially the Epilogue +- @{greenpeace-report} is a particularly egregious example of the magic 'we' + +@{no-one-is-too-small}, @{xr-declaration}, and @{xr-not-a-drill} are good +contrasts: it emphasises that the audience is not, at least not entirely, +responsible. + ### Examples of green rhetoric in which the catastrophe is final Like, all of them. diff --git a/tasks.md b/tasks.md index eb9a234..0c1fef9 100644 --- a/tasks.md +++ b/tasks.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ - [x] Gather a list of 'core apocalyptic forms' - [x] Gather examples of green rhetoric using 'core apocalyptic forms' - [x] Gather examples of green rhetoric in which the catastrophe is final -- [ ] Gather examples of green rhetoric in which the audience is blamed or +- [x] Gather examples of green rhetoric in which the audience is blamed or assumed to have power over the problem - [ ] Gather evidence that catastrophic green rhetoric causes alienation - [ ] Gather evidence that catastrophic green rhetoric obstructs appropriate -- cgit v1.2.3