A Problem With Post-modernism In Rhetoric

A Problem With PostModernism in Rhetoric By Justin Tucker

Quoted Text “Rejecting

the rigid modernism spirit of positivism and scientism in rhetorical studies proved… easy… what ought to replace it has been a difficult problem.” LLC, page 12. ◦ Problem: If something was too easy to take out and too hard to replace, doesn’t that mean that we did something wrong? ◦ Conclusion: Does that mean then

Don’t we…. All…

suffer?

Or is this instead… Yellow

Suffering?

Is this… Green

Suffering?

Don’t all times… Protest?

Debate?

Or was this too red?

Was this too blue?

Then what colors are these? Red? Blue? Green?

I don’t think… We

should be chained…

But not… Everything

new is good.

Should we… Be

so quick to clear-cut?

Don’t… The

oldest trees and most triumphant trees have the deepest roots?

I think  We

are universal in our sufferings, hopes, and struggles. The rhetoric of the past can apply to us as well.

So let’s be less quick to trim down everything.

Thank you!