TONE POLICING DISSENT: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT'S WEAPONIZATION OF CIVILITY (2023–2026)
How Indonesians criticize is not uniform. It varies by region, local culture, and individual personality. That variety is the baseline. This paper examines what happens when criticism reaches the government, and what the government does with it. The language of criticism is itself a method of expression. Public officia...