This paper examines homophobic comments on Facebook and X (Twitter) regarding the same- sex marriage of Greek gay politician Stefanos Kasselakis. Following on previous research on hate speech in digitally-mediated environments and on the ‘moral turn’ to impoliteness, these comments are analysed as verbal aggressions triggered by an offending event that subverts the heterosexist moral order still prevalent in Modern Greek society. In addition to highlighting the different strategies used in both social networks, the suggested analysis unveils the discursive regularities of anti-LGBTQ speech, aimed at legitimising homophobia and normalizing the discrimination of sexual and gender diversity.

(2024). Mi gran boda griega en salsa homofóbica. El discurso de odio en torno al matrimonio igualitario en las redes sociales de Grecia [journal article - articolo]. In ARTIFARA. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/291166

Mi gran boda griega en salsa homofóbica. El discurso de odio en torno al matrimonio igualitario en las redes sociales de Grecia

Garofalo, Giovanni
2024-01-01

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This paper examines homophobic comments on Facebook and X (Twitter) regarding the same- sex marriage of Greek gay politician Stefanos Kasselakis. Following on previous research on hate speech in digitally-mediated environments and on the ‘moral turn’ to impoliteness, these comments are analysed as verbal aggressions triggered by an offending event that subverts the heterosexist moral order still prevalent in Modern Greek society. In addition to highlighting the different strategies used in both social networks, the suggested analysis unveils the discursive regularities of anti-LGBTQ speech, aimed at legitimising homophobia and normalizing the discrimination of sexual and gender diversity.
articolo
2024
Este artículo analiza un corpus de comentarios homofóbicos aparecidos en Facebook y X (Twitter) en torno al matrimonio igualitario del político homosexual griego Stéfanos Kasselakis. A partir de las investigaciones previas sobre el discurso de odio en entornos digitalmente mediados y sobre el ‘giro moral’ en los estudios de la descortesía, estos comentarios se consideran agresiones verbales desencadenadas por un evento ofensivo que subvierte el orden moral heterosexista aún predominante en la sociedad griega moderna. Además de resaltar las diferentes estrategias utilizadas en ambas redes sociales, el análisis propuesto arroja luz sobre las regularidades del discurso anti-LGBTQ, destinado a legitimar la homofobia y a normalizar la discriminación de la diversidad sexual y de género.
Garofalo, Giovanni
(2024). Mi gran boda griega en salsa homofóbica. El discurso de odio en torno al matrimonio igualitario en las redes sociales de Grecia [journal article - articolo]. In ARTIFARA. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/291166
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