> Such denunciatory diatribes have generally an
opposite effect on me - being exposed to them I
tend to identify with the denounced practice or
institution more than I ordinarily would, and
I am less sympathetic toward the proposed
'alternative' than I ordinarily would be. I
wonder if others have similar reactions, and if
so, if denunciatory diatribe is really a clever
marketing ploy to sell the mainstream practices
and institutions.
I have heard denunciatory diatribes against heterosexism (even given a few myself) and they never made me want to identify with heterosexism in the least.
A good diatribe can be quite theatrical and fabulous.
YMMV.
Brian