ABSTRACT
In this research,1 1 This production is part of the project Interações on-line em tempos de pandemia: violência linguístico-discursiva em gêneros textuais diversos [Online Interaction in Times of Pandemics: Linguistic-Discusive Violence in Diverse Textual Genres], authored by Professor Rodrigo Albuquerque. we aim to analyze how misogyny establishes itself in an interaction on X (formerly Twitter) to legitimize hate speech, under the argument of opinion defense. Theoretically, in light of Interactional Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics, we conceive that impoliteness strategies contribute to the construction of linguistic-discursive violence scenarios in online-mediated interactions, as they both reduce interlocutive distance and generate sexist, misogynistic, patriarchal, and antifeminist metapragmatics. Methodologically, we adopted a qualitative approach to analyze an interaction on X based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria proposed in this study, using the netnographic method. Analytically, we observed that interlocutors C, E, and F frequently used impoliteness strategies in constructing opinion-based discourses to attack feminism and legitimize hate speech.
KEYWORDS:
Impoliteness; Linguistic-discursive violence; Sexism; Misogyny
