A Rhetoric of Hate Speech: Informing Snyder v. Phelps via Narrative
Jenna M. Lo Castro · Pennsylvania communication annual. · 2016
This project works to examine why hate speech as it relates to United States First Amendment rights is largely controversial and difficult to explicitly define. Using Snyder v. Phelps (2011) as a focal case study, it then moves to examine the ability to exercise and express narrative in appropriate contexts and the solution that narrative can offer within a postmodern society. Narrative in this sense, can be seen as a resource for understanding, asserting, and sustaining moral courage in the face of adversity. Working from a hermeneutic grounded in a philosophy of communication, this projects looks to the construct of narrative as an invitation to discourse.