Aggressor orator/Defender rhetorician

Definition:

Within the context of pro movements (ones which arouse public opinion to create or accept an idea, institution, or practice) and anti movements (ones which attempt to arouse public opinion to destroy or reject an idea, institution, or practice), there are two types of rhetoricians.

Aggressor orator – One class of rhetorician in a protest movement who attempts to establish in a pro movement and destroy in an anti movement.

Defender rhetorician – Another class of rhetorician in a protest movement who attempts to resist reform and maintain in a pro movement and defend institutions in an anti movement.

Example from the text or protest movement:

Martin Luther King was an example of an aggressor orator, pushing to destroy segregation in the Civil Rights anti movement.

Passages from the text that help define or contextualize the term:

“Let us say that within each movement two classes of rhetoricians may be distinguished: 1. aggressor orators and journalists who attempt, in the pro movement, to establish, and in the anti movement, to destroy; and, 2. defendant rhetoricians who attempt, in the pro movement, to resist reform, and in the anti movement, to defend institutions” (Griffin, 11).

Source:

Griffin, Leland M. "The Rhetoric of Historical Movements." Readings in the Rhetoric of Social Protest. Browne, Stephen Howard, and Charles E. Morris III, eds. State College, PA: Strata Publishing, Inc., 2013.