paul johnson
@rhetoricpj.bsky.social
I live in pittsburgh and like it. wrote a book about conservative populism. have spent the last 15 years studying the right.
go arsenal! I like gin.
Book: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817321093/i-the-people/
go arsenal! I like gin.
Book: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817321093/i-the-people/
23/24 was actually, overall, pretty lucky. Just didn't feel that way at the time.
Last couple years definitely a bit wild
Last couple years definitely a bit wild
November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
23/24 was actually, overall, pretty lucky. Just didn't feel that way at the time.
Last couple years definitely a bit wild
Last couple years definitely a bit wild
Yea. A little too rough to teach but i go back to it all the time, and definitely tell students about it. Love the story of two women making it as well
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Yea. A little too rough to teach but i go back to it all the time, and definitely tell students about it. Love the story of two women making it as well
Ok but i didn't neeeeed that last piece of pie
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Ok but i didn't neeeeed that last piece of pie
Trump 2 was always going to be wildly lawless. And they'd fantasized about just killing without restraint for decades
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump 2 was always going to be wildly lawless. And they'd fantasized about just killing without restraint for decades
Couldn't believe how brutal the first one was when i saw it
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Couldn't believe how brutal the first one was when i saw it
Think pretty clearly the answer to this question is "yes" given the already existing right wing trajectory
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Think pretty clearly the answer to this question is "yes" given the already existing right wing trajectory
Yea that wasn't good
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yea that wasn't good
Nick Nolte, one of our least charismatic leading men
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Nick Nolte, one of our least charismatic leading men
Think that's kinda true right now?
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Think that's kinda true right now?
One guess re: public would be the private school students were assumed to know how to speak coming in. And there's not really "upper level" speaking skill.
It's why there is like no comm rhetoric at ivies
It's why there is like no comm rhetoric at ivies
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
One guess re: public would be the private school students were assumed to know how to speak coming in. And there's not really "upper level" speaking skill.
It's why there is like no comm rhetoric at ivies
It's why there is like no comm rhetoric at ivies
Discipline and Punish probably
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Discipline and Punish probably
Yea Clones is the fucking worst
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Yea Clones is the fucking worst
Yea don't think that quite tracks with laura's work...
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Yea don't think that quite tracks with laura's work...