Understanding the Poster Texts of the Student's Demonstration

Activities: Perspective of Language Impoliteness

Miftahulkhairah Anwar

, Fathiaty Murtadho

, Fachrur Razi Amir

Faculty of Language and Art, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jl. Rawamangun Muka, Jakarta Timur, Indonesia

Departement of Arabic Education, Universitas Djuanda, Ciawi-Bogor, Indonesia

Keywords: Poster Text, Language Impoliteness, Bahasa Indonesia, Student's Demonstrations

Abstract: This article investigated the lingual unit on the posters carried by students during the demonstration at the

House of Representatives (DPR) Building last September 2019. These posters became viral on social media

because it contained allusions that were packaged in various forms. Some were packaged in the form of

humor, vulgarity, and sarcasm. By using qualitative research methods, data sourced from social media were

limited to the poster texts containing the word DPR. The analysis showed that the posters used negative

connotation dictions respectively marked by using a negative analogy, degrading a dignity, scaring,

mocking, and violating privacy space.

1 INTRODUCTION

Not only in Indonesia, students in various parts of

the world, had held demonstrations as a form of

protest against state policy. Reported from the

Liputan6.com (2019), countries that had experienced

students' demonstrations were Hong Kong, New

York, Vietnam, South Africa, and China. European

countries do not escape students' demonstrations.

Generally, demonstrations occur as a result of

policies that are seen as unfair. In the world of

democracy, demonstrations are used as a way to

convey aspirations.

In the Indonesian context, democracy is a system

of government originating from the people, by the

people, and for the people. The purpose of

democracy is to run the government in accordance

with the wishes of the people through representative

institutions, namely the DPR. In accordance with the

mandate of the Pancasila and the Law (UU), the

main task of the DPR as the people's representative

is to accommodate and convey the aspirations of the

people to the executive government.

On September 23-24, 2019 there were

demonstrations by thousands of students from

various campuses in front of the Parliament

Building, Central Jakarta. Yasmin in Newsdetik.com

(2019) stated that the students demanded 7 things.

The seven demands were 1) urging the

postponement and re-discussion of problematic

articles in the RKUHP; 2) urging the government

and the House of Representatives to revise the

recently passed KPK Law and rejecting any

weakening of corruption eradication efforts in

Indonesia; 3) demanding the state to investigate and

try the elites responsible for environmental damage

in Indonesia; 4) rejecting problematic articles in the

Labor Bill that did not favor workers; 5) rejecting

the problematic articles in the Land Bill which was a

form of betrayal of the spirit of agrarian reform; 6)

urging the ratification of the Bill on the Elimination

of Sexual Violence (PKS); 7) encouraging the

process of democratization in Indonesia and

stopping the arrest of activists in various sectors.

What was interesting about the demonstration

was the sentences listed on the poster they were

carrying. Some of the posters contained funny and

tickling sentences, such as "Don't forget to use skin

care". "Don't turn off justice, just turn off my ex."

"The state does not facilitate longing but interferes

in matters when it wants to meet". "Enough of my

love that foundered, KPK please don't!!!". "Our hair

is quite a mess. Country do not be". "Broken heart

still exists". "Everyone who lives will feel broken

heart and cheated by politicians".

The students expressed their aspirations with a

humorous style, the style of millennial youth. This is

greatly influenced by the massive growth of social

media and information technology. Even though it

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looked "eccentric", the words in the poster were also

sarcastic. Some expressed criticism directly by

calling the State Institution, but there were others

who conveyed it indirectly. This paper emphasizes

the study on posters containing the word DPR. The

sentences containing the DPR in these posters are

interesting to study. Besides being the most widely

found, containing the actual issues, the meaning of

those sentences can also contribute to the

development of the demonstration poster text genre

in Indonesia.

Not only in Indonesia, students in various parts

of the world, had held demonstrations as a form of

protest against state policy. Reported from the

Liputan6.com (2019), countries that had experienced

students' demonstrations were Hong Kong, New

York, Vietnam, South Africa, and China. European

countries do not escape students' demonstrations.

Generally, demonstrations occur as a result of

policies that are seen as unfair. In the world of

democracy, demonstrations are used as a way to

convey aspirations.

In the Indonesian context, democracy is a system

of government originating from the people, by the

people, and for the people. The purpose of

democracy is to run the government in accordance

with the wishes of the people through representative

institutions, namely the DPR. In accordance with the

mandate of the Pancasila and the Law (UU), the

main task of the DPR as the people's representative

is to accommodate and convey the aspirations of the

people to the executive government.

On September 23-24, 2019 there were

demonstrations by thousands of students from

various campuses in front of the Parliament

Building, Central Jakarta. Yasmin in Newsdetik.com

(2019) stated that the students demanded 7 things.

The seven demands were 1) urging the

postponement and re-discussion of problematic

articles in the RKUHP; 2) urging the government

and the House of Representatives to revise the

recently passed KPK Law and rejecting any

weakening of corruption eradication efforts in

Indonesia; 3) demanding the state to investigate and

try the elites responsible for environmental damage

in Indonesia; 4) rejecting problematic articles in the

Labor Bill that did not favor workers; 5) rejecting

the problematic articles in the Land Bill which was a

form of betrayal of the spirit of agrarian reform; 6)

urging the ratification of the Bill on the Elimination

of Sexual Violence (PKS); 7) encouraging the

process of democratization in Indonesia and

stopping the arrest of activists in various sectors.

What was interesting about the demonstration

was the sentences listed on the poster they were

carrying. Some of the posters contained funny and

tickling sentences, such as "Don't forget to use skin

care". "Don't turn off justice, just turn off my ex."

"The state does not facilitate longing but interferes

in matters when it wants to meet". "Enough of my

love that foundered, KPK please don't!!!". "Our hair

is quite a mess. Country do not be". "Broken heart

still exists". "Everyone who lives will feel broken

heart and cheated by politicians".

The students expressed their aspirations with a

humorous style, the style of millennial youth. This is

greatly influenced by the massive growth of social

media and information technology. Even though it

looked "eccentric", the words in the poster were also

sarcastic. Some expressed criticism directly by

calling the State Institution, but there were others

who conveyed it indirectly. This paper emphasizes

the study on posters containing the word DPR. The

sentences containing the DPR in these posters are

interesting to study. Besides being the most widely

found, containing the actual issues, the meaning of

those sentences can also contribute to the

development of the demonstration poster text genre

in Indonesia.

2 METHODS

Not only in Indonesia, students in various parts of

the world, had held demonstrations as a form of

protest against state policy. Reported from the

Liputan6.com (2019), countries that had experienced

students' demonstrations were Hong Kong, New

York, Vietnam, South Africa, and China. European

countries do not escape students' demonstrations.

Generally, demonstrations occur as a result of

policies that are seen as unfair. In the world of

democracy, demonstrations are used as a way to

convey aspirations.

In the Indonesian context, democracy is a system

of government originating from the people, by the

people, and for the people. The purpose of

democracy is to run the government in accordance

with the wishes of the people through representative

institutions, namely the DPR. In accordance with the

mandate of the Pancasila and the Law (UU), the

main task of the DPR as the people's representative

is to accommodate and convey the aspirations of the

people to the executive government.

On September 23-24, 2019 there were

demonstrations by thousands of students from

various campuses in front of the Parliament

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Building, Central Jakarta. Yasmin in Newsdetik.com

(2019) stated that the students demanded 7 things.

The seven demands were 1) urging the

postponement and re-discussion of problematic

articles in the RKUHP; 2) urging the government

and the House of Representatives to revise the

recently passed KPK Law and rejecting any

weakening of corruption eradication efforts in

Indonesia; 3) demanding the state to investigate and

try the elites responsible for environmental damage

in Indonesia; 4) rejecting problematic articles in the

Labor Bill that did not favor workers; 5) rejecting

the problematic articles in the Land Bill which was a

form of betrayal of the spirit of agrarian reform; 6)

urging the ratification of the Bill on the Elimination

of Sexual Violence (PKS); 7) encouraging the

process of democratization in Indonesia and

stopping the arrest of activists in various sectors.

What was interesting about the demonstration

was the sentences listed on the poster they were

carrying. Some of the posters contained funny and

tickling sentences, such as "Don't forget to use skin

care". "Don't turn off justice, just turn off my ex."

"The state does not facilitate longing but interferes

in matters when it wants to meet". "Enough of my

love that foundered, KPK please don't!!!". "Our hair

is quite a mess. Country do not be". "Broken heart

still exists". "Everyone who lives will feel broken

heart and cheated by politicians".

The students expressed their aspirations with a

humorous style, the style of millennial youth. This is

greatly influenced by the massive growth of social

media and information technology. Even though it

looked "eccentric", the words in the poster were also

sarcastic. Some expressed criticism directly by

calling the State Institution, but there were others

who conveyed it indirectly. This paper emphasizes

the study on posters containing the word DPR. The

sentences containing the DPR in these posters are

interesting to study. Besides being the most widely

found, containing the actual issues, the meaning of

those sentences can also contribute to the

development of the demonstration poster text genre

in Indonesia.

3 RESULTS

The concept of language impoliteness is a concept

that is the opposite of the politeness concept of

language. If the politeness of language is related to

the use of language, choice of words, and variety of

languages in accordance with norms and ethics, then

impoliteness of language relates to the use of

language, choice of words, and variations of

language that are not in accordance with the norms

and ethics prevailing in society.

Language impoliteness in the posters is shown

by the use of negative connotation diction. Under the

pretext of wanting to attract the attention of the DPR

and the attention of the public, this poster uses quite

vulgar and sarcastic languages. From the data search

results, it was found that the diction had negative

connotations: 1) using a negative analogy, 2)

demeaning, 3) mocking, 4) frightening, and 5)

violating privacy space. The following is the

exposure of negative connotation posters.

1. Use of Negative Analogy

The use of a negative analogy means: 1)

comparing / equating a speech partner with

something negative, and 2) using a greeting that has

a negative meaning to the speech partner. Some data

ref er to the use of negative analogies as follows.

1) DPR Dewan Perampok Rakyat - DPR,

People's Robber Council

Supposedly, the stand for DPR is the House of

Representatives. However, in this poster, students

change the word representative to the word robber.

This has an effect on the negative connotation

presented by the poster. In the Big Indonesian

Dictionary (KBBI), robbers are people who rob. To

rob means to steal by force, to seize by force, to steal

large amounts of goods / money. This indicates that

the DPR has forcibly seized people's rights. DPR is

the same as robbers.

2) Entah apa yang merasukimu DPR? - We

don't know what got into you, DPR?

The poster above contains a lyrics to the song "I

wonder what possessed you" from the ILIR7 band.

The lyrics of this song tell about someone who was

broken heart because of being betrayed by his lover.

Meanwhile, in KBBI, possession means entering a

human body (about evil spirits or the like). The word

possessed has a negative connotation because it is

associated with evil spirits. If someone has been

possessed by an evil spirit, then his attitude will

become evil.

In this context, the DPR has just made a

controversial RUU KUHP and is considered not in

favor of the Indonesian people. In fact, the DPR is a

people's representative who must always prioritize

the interests and aspirations of the people. So,

students assess the attitude of the DPR as well as the

meaning of the song, which has betrayed the people

of Indonesia.

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3) Setan apa yang merasukimu DPR? - What

demon possesses you, DPR?

In KBBI, Satan is interpreted as an evil spirit that

always tempts humans to act evil. Because it has a

very negative connotation, the word devil is often

used to curse someone who is very bad temperament

(likes to pit sheep). In the poster, students assume

that the DPR is under negative influence when

drafting and formulating laws. There is a very bad

power that penetrates the body of the DPR.

Therefore, for students, the draft law must be

rejected.

4) Telah meninggal akal sehat para wakil

rakyat - Decease of common sense of the

people's representatives

Diction for Decease attributed to the DPR's

common sense that shows the DPR's inability to

think logically, well, and normally. In KBBI,

common sense is interpreted as good and normal

thoughts. The DPR is no longer able to decide

nationality matters on the basis of kindness.

Therefore, according to students, the RUU must be

rejected because it was not formulated by good and

normal reason.

An interesting thing to observe, students use the

word decease and not the word death. Though what

is commonly used to mark the absence of reason is

death, not decease. Decease is only used for humans

as a body and soul entity. The use of the word

decease on this poster shows that not only is the

common sense of the DPR gone, but the human

spirit is gone.

5) Itu DPR apa tahu Afgan? Kok “SADIS” -

Does the DPR know Afgan? Why "sadistic"

"Sadistic" is the title of a popular song by Afgan,

one of the Indonesian artists. This song is very

popular among the people of Indonesia. This song

depicts the grief of someone betrayed by his lover.

In this context, students use the word sadistic to

show their disappointment with the DPR's

performance.

For students, the DPR is the foundation of

people's hearts, people's representatives who are

supposed to fight for the people's fate, sake and for

the people. However, in reality, the DPR has

betrayed the people the same as betraying a person

to his lover. In KBBI, sadistic means not knowing

mercy, cruelty, savage, and rude. For students, what

has been done by the DPR is a cruel act that has no

compassion for the people of Indonesia.

6) Mantan dan DPR. Sama-sama tukang

bohong - The Ex and DPR. You're all a liar

The word Ex is presented several times in the

posters. It is understandable because the word ex is

very closely related to the daily lives of students. For

students, said the Ex connotes negative because it

usually refers to people who have hurt him. This

word is also commonly used to bully or tease

between them. In this poster, the word Ex is used as

a form of metaphor for the DPR. For students, the

DPR is like an Ex in terms of similarity in character,

that is, both are liars. In KBBI, lying means it is not

according to the real thing or situation.

2. Degrading dignity

Degrading dignity means lowering one's self-

esteem. Some data on the poster that refer to the

degrading of dignity explained bellow.

1) Terima Jasa Santet RUU. Hub DPR -

Receiving a RUU witchcraft Services.

Contact the Parliamentary

This poster contains negative connotation

diction, namely witchcraft. In KBBI, witchcraft

means the same as magic. Susantio (2017) explains

that witchcraft is negative and harms others. In daily

life, witchcraft is often perverted to commit crime.

That said, witchcraft is done by inserting objects or

things into other people's bodies with the aim of

hurting. It was sent unseen by an expert on

someone's orders.

The use of witchcraft diction which is attributed

to the DPR shows that the DPR's function as a

legislative body is not independent. There are other

power interventions that hide behind the draft and

formulation of the Act. Therefore, students reject

several articles in the Act because it is assumed that

the Act does not represent the aspirations of the

people, but represents other powers hiding behind

the DPR. Like witchcraft, the RUU has the potential

to harm the Indonesian people.

2) Hatiku Kosong kayak Otak DPR # mosi tidak

percaya - My heart is empty like the DPR

Brain # vote no confidence

The poster compares the empty heart of the

writer with the DPR brain. The word "empty" means

it does not contain anything. In this context, students

consider that the DPR brain is the same as their

heart, which is equally empty, no contain.

Meanwhile, according to KBBI, the brain is the

mind or a tool for thinking. Therefore, an empty

brain means that the mind is not containing

anything, does not have smart ideas. This sentence

builds the assumption that students think the DPR

cannot make smart policies, instead they make

controversial policies. Therefore, this sentence

shows that students no longer believe in the

performance and policies made by the DPR.

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3) Asline Mager Pol. Tapi piye maneh? DPRe

Pekok - We are actually lazy to move. But

what else should we do? The DPR is stupid

Figure 1: Demonstration poster

This poster contains a sentence in Javanese

“Asline Mager Pol. Tapi piye maneh? DPRe Pekok”

means “We are actually lazy to move. But what else

should we do? The DPR is stupid”. In addition, there

is also the word "mager" which is an acronym for

"malas gerak means lazy motion". Lazy motion or

also called mager is a lazy state to do any activity.

The sentence "Asline Mager Pol. Tap piye maneh?"

means an activity that is carried out by force but for

some reason, it is finally done too. In this context,

the activity in question is taking part in a

demonstration.

One of the reasons that made students do

demonstrations even though they were actually lazy

was found in the phrase "DPRe pekok". This phrase

implies that students no longer trust the DPR

because the DPR is considered pekok. In Javanese,

pekok is the same as stupid. Pekok means that they

know what they have decided is something that is

against their conscience. In the context of this

sentence, students consider that actually DPR

members know that what the DPR decides is

something that has the potential to harm the nation

and state. Therefore, students use pekok or stupid

ideas to describe the performance of the DPR. The

performance of the DPR which is considered pekok

is able to move students to demonstrate.

3. Scaring

Scaring means making someone feel worried,

making someone afraid, and making someone feel

threatened. Some of the data on posters those are

scaring as follows.

1) “Azab Ilahi” DPR tidak amanah, kubur

dipenuhi aspirasi - "Divine Penalty" DPR is

not trustful, the grave is filled with aspirations

In KBBI, Azab means torture of God that is

rewarded to humans for leaving orders and violating

religious restrictions. In this sentence, God gave a

penalty to DPR members because they were not

mandated to carry out their functions and duties as

people's representatives.

In addition, the clause "grave filled with

aspirations" indicates that the aspirations of the

people have never been responded to and only stored

beautifully in an underground pit. That aspiration is

dead and no longer exists. The DPR must account

for all the people's aspirations before God. That

aspiration is not only limited to the world, but

continues to the grave to be held accountable before

God.

2) DPR ingat Dosa, Neraka menunggumu -

DPR remember Sin, Hell is waiting for you

The word Dosa (sin) in this sentence shows that

the DPR has committed acts that violate God's law

or religion. Not only that, the DPR has also made a

big mistake against the homeland and the nation.

Therefore, the right place for them is hell.

3) Besok saya yang jadi DPR biar yang korupsi

dihukum mati - I will be the DPR tomorrow

so that those who are corrupt will be put to

death

This poster shows the distrust of students

towards the DPR in solving corruption cases. Instead

of solving corruption, the KPK Law is considered by

students to have weakened the KPK's function. The

rich use of "I" in the poster shows students' vote of

no confidence in the DPR's efforts to eradicate

corruption.

4. Mocking

Mocking means to use negative words to bring down

someone's mentality or making fun of humiliating

speech partners or playing with speech partners.

Some of the data on the poster that refers to mocking

as follows.

1) DPR jangan minta dicubit! - DPR do not ask to

be pinched!

The word pinched is a physical response to

something. Usually, this physical response is given

to a child when he makes a mistake. In KBBI,

pinching means to pin with the tips of fingers and

index fingers. According to Aragon (2015), a

researcher from Yale University, one of the reasons

someone pinches is because he sees something that

makes him angry. Meanwhile, in KBBI,

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exasperation has the meaning of being very annoyed

(angry) in the heart.

The sentence "don't ask to be pinched" builds the

assumption that students remind the DPR not to

make policies that have the potential to irritate the

Indonesian people. The word "pinched" also has

another meaning as an action or response that

students will take if the government makes a policy

that does not come from the people's aspirations. In

this case, the word pinch has the potential to be

interpreted that students place members of the DPR

like young children.

2) DPR medot janji. Sumpahmu palsu kaya

mantanku - DPR broke promises. Your oath is

fake like my Ex

Figure 2: Demonstration poster

This poster contains clauses in Javanese “DPR

medot janji” means “DPR broke promises”. Students

choose diction “medot janji” because this diction is

one of the song titles popularized by Javaness and

dangdut singer. Choosing song diction as a form of

protest is a reliable strategy to attract people's

attention.

In the context of the DPR, before serving as a

member, every DPR legislative candidate will carry

out a campaign by giving promises to the public if

later elected to the DPR. However, in the next

sentence, the student compares the DPR's oath to the

Ex girl friend. According to the KBBI, perjury

means a promise that is not true, not kept. This

means that the character of the DPR is not much

different from the Ex girl friend. In a love affair, a

lover often makes sweet promises, but when he is an

Ex status that promises also leads to a lie. By

students, this is associated with the attitude of the

DPR which always promises when campaigning, but

reneges when elected. Students assume that the

attitude of the DPR which resembles the former

DPR has the potential to hurt the hearts of the

Indonesian people.

5. Violating the Privacy Space

Violating privacy space means violating other

people's personal rights. Some data on posters that

are in violation of privacy space as follows.

1) Istri Simpanan DPR menolak KUHP - DPR

mistress rejects the Criminal Code (KUHP)

In KBBI, a mistress is also referred to as a flase

wife, which means another woman; domestic

woman (not married). The phrase "DPR mistress"

means a woman who is not legally married. In the

RUU KUHP drafted by the Parliament, there are

articles that regulate mistress, namely Articles 417

and 419 about Adultery and Cohabitation (living

together as husband and wife outside of marriage).

Meanwhile, the poster contained the word

rejecting. In KBBI, rejecting means not justifying or

not accepting. In this context, students insulted the

DPR that the RUU KUHP does not only burden the

community but also the DPR's mistresses. Therefore,

students build the sentence "DPR mistress rejects the

Criminal Code" to give a negative impression to

members of the DPR.

2) Kalo perempuan dilarang keluar jam 10, terus

yang karokean sama bapak-bapak DPR siapa? -

If women are forbidden to leave at 10 pm, then

who will sing Karaoke with you the gentlemen of

DPR?

The poster contains the word karokean. Singing

Karaoke means a form of singing entertainment

accompanied by music and lyric texts. Karaoke

activities are usually guided by a woman. Karaoke

assigned in charge of guiding and accompanying

guests in singing. This form of entertainment usually

operates until midnight, more than 10 pm.

Therefore, the karaoke guide woman must

accompany the guests until the karaoke

entertainment operating hours are closed.

This poster is one form of student protest against

the RUU KUHP which is considered controversial,

namely Article 324 on the Homeless which also

regulates women's curfew hours. By students, the

article is considered to limit the working hours of

women who are active in any sector. As a form of

protest against the limitation of operating hours,

students use the sentence "If women are prohibited

from leaving at 10 pm, then who will sing karaoke

with you the gentlemen of the DPR?" For the

majority of Indonesian people, this sentence has a

negative connotation, especially if karaoke is carried

out by the DPR officials.

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4 DISCUSSION

The use of impolite words in this poster is motivated

by the form of student criticism of the DPR because

it has been considered to harm democracy by not

considering the aspirations of the people in drafting

and discussing laws. According to Sapto (2016),

criticism is an expression of dissatisfaction with

something. Dissatisfaction manifests itself in an

attitude that is not easy to believe, is careful of

irregularities or mistakes, and is accompanied by

sharp analysis. This is in accordance with the nature

of criticism, namely critical.

In a variety of languages, criticism can be

interpreted as a response or criticism of the work,

thoughts, etc., which is sometimes accompanied by

good and bad considerations. Criticism can briefly

be interpreted as a comparison or criticism. This is

in accordance with the origin of the word criticism

which is krinein (Greek) which means to observe,

compare and consider something. Research

conducted by Sapto (2016) showed that the various

language criticisms that arise due to the

dissatisfaction of superiors to subordinates can be

broadly divided into 3 categories, namely (a)

demeaning or painful sentences, (b) subtle sentences

suggesting, and (c) straightforward or to the point

sentences.

Criticism is often associated with impoliteness of

language because sometimes criticism uses words

that have negative connotations. According to

Pranowo (2012), markers for the use of impolite

language can be identified as follows: (1) speakers

express criticism directly or (strike a speech partner)

with harsh words, (2) speakers are encouraged by

their emotions when speaking, (3) the speaker is

protective of his opinion, (4) the speaker

intentionally wants to discourage the speech partner

in speaking, (5) the speaker submits accusations on

the basis of suspicion of the speech partner. As for

Culpaper (1996), negative impoliteness output

strategies are classified as the following: (1)

Frighten, (2) Condescend, scorn or ridicule, (3)

emphasize your relative power, (4) Invade the others

space-literally or metaphorically , (5) Explicitly

associate the other with a negative aspect, (6) Put the

other's indebtedness on record. This is in line with

what has been stated by Culpeper (2017); Culpeper,

Haugh, and Kadar (2017); Prakash and Kumar

(2017); Rasyikin (2018); Olorunleke, Obidiran, and

Mustafa (2017); Anwar (2013); Anwar (2014);

Anwar (2018), and Anwar (2019).

The use of diction with negative connotations

with the potential to be impolite is also illustrated in

posters carried by students during demonstrations at

the DPR / MPR Building. From the data search

results, it was found that negative connotations were

marked by the use of negative analogies,

humiliation, mockery, intimidation, and violations of

privacy space. According to Blitvich (2010),

politeness or impoliteness is very much related to

one's emotions. Anger, hurt, fear, or surprise often

leads to impoliteness. Goffman (1967) in culpaper

(2011) explains the emotional consequences as

follows that is if an event occurs as one might

expect, someone tends to 'feel happy'; if expectations

are not met, someone 'feels bad' or 'feels hurt'.

Student hurt that resulted in the appearance of

impolite diction was triggered by a number of

controversial articles in the RUU KUHP which were

considered problematic and ignited thousands of

students' demonstrations in various cities, including:

1) Article of the RUU KUHP on corruption which

contains a lower sentence than the Corruption Act;

2) Article of the RUU KUHP on insulting the

president and vice president threatening perpetrators

with a maximum imprisonment of 3.5 years; 3)

Article of the RUU KUHP on treason that carries a

death penalty, life imprisonment or 20 years

imprisonment; 4) Article of the RUU KUHP

concerning the insult of flags; 5) Article of the RUU

KUHP concerning contraception; 6) Article of the

RUU KUHP concerning abortion; 7) Article of the

RUU KUHP on Homelessness; 8) Article of the

RUU KUHP on Adultery and Cohabitation; 9)

Article of the RUU KUHP concerning obscenity;

10) Article of Poultry and Livestock Breeding; 11)

Article of the RKUHP concerning Drug Crimes; 12)

Article on the Contempt of Court Article in the RUU

KUHP on contempt of the judiciary or contempt of

court is also criticized; 13) Article of Criminal Acts

against Religion; 14) Article related to gross human

rights violations (articles 598-599) (Haryanto, 2019).

What is interesting to note is that the poster is

largely a form of criticism of the DPR. The diction

that uses the word government / president is only

found in 2 pieces. It could be that this is related to

the socio-political case that occurred in Indonesia.

Students want to be seen as independent, not in

favor of any side, both pro-government and

opposition groups. The selection of the diction DPR

indicates that the demonstration by students is

neutral, solely aimed at rejecting the Criminal Code

Bill, the new KPK Law, the Penal Penitentiary and

other laws deemed by them to potentially harm the

interests of the nation and state. The DPR is a

legislative body whose members consist of various

members of political parties who have been elected

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from the election results. The term of office for each

member of the DPR is five years. The term of office

of the DPR member ends when the new DPR

member takes an oath. Therefore, the use of the

diction DPR in the students' posters are seen as

representing more political groups than using the

word president.

It is just to note, the criticism manifested in the

form of a poster, should still adhere to the criteria of

a good poster, as stated by Rita (2017), Aziz (2015)

namely: 1) simple which means no much writing,

concise, limited to the things that are important; 2)

presents an idea to achieve a main goal and should

not deviate from the original goal; 3) the words used

must be concise, concise, clear, and not wordy so

that poster audiences quickly understand what the

message conveyed from the poster means; 4) The

writing is clear, easy to read, and communicative; 5)

right on target.

5 CONCLUSION

This paper focuses on poster text containing the

word DPR. A search of the data shows that all

posters containing the word DPR spread on social

media have the potential to lead to a form of

language impoliteness. This is indicated by the use

of diction which has a negative connotation. The

poster as a media of criticism should contain as

many aspirations or demands as possible, not just

words with negative connotations that trigger the

emergence of national dignity and anarchism..

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