The latent power of the oxymoron - oxymorons are not just the site of impasse

1. Oxymorons a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory term“loving hate,” “heavy lightness,” “feather of lead,” “bright smoke,” “cold fire,” and “sick health” are all oxymoron examples

That oxymorons are regarded as irreducible, is not the last word, for oxymoron are not just the site of  impasse but of the immense productive power of the strategically located, strategically maneuvered double bind

 double bind  is a situation in which a person is confronted with two irreconcilable demands or a choice between two undesirable courses of action."students are caught in a double bind between unemployment and cuts in education"