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Post #432,687 by drook 2/21/20 6:54:56 AM 2/21/20 6:54:56 AM Reply	Good use of language Try to take seriously the "boogaloo" movement and they'll mock you for thinking it's real, same way they did with the OK sign or Pepe the frog. They take intentionally silly things with no baggage and infuse them with new meaning. -- Drew
Post #432,689 by a6l6e6x 2/21/20 10:39:55 AM 2/21/20 10:39:55 AM Reply	More like muddling the language. How many meanings can a word have before using it in communications becomes ineffective? Language murder. I think Ashton has a lecture on that! :) Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #432,690 by drook 2/21/20 11:36:40 AM 2/21/20 11:36:40 AM Reply	I don't mean morally good, I mean effective The latest Wondermark actually has a great example. They do offensive things that are so childish that no one would believe someone is doing, so you look crazy for calling them on it. "The OK sign? Seriously? That's been around forever, how can you think it's a symbol for white supremacy?" -- Drew
Post #432,691 by mmoffitt 2/21/20 1:10:24 PM 2/21/20 1:10:24 PM Reply	Or going around saying, "President Donald Trump" right? bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #432,698 by a6l6e6x 2/21/20 10:34:57 PM 2/21/20 10:34:57 PM Reply	Or King Donald of Trumpia. And Lord Lindsey of the Carolinas. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #432,717 by scoenye 2/23/20 9:38:03 AM 2/23/20 9:38:03 AM Reply	Parasite Trump?
Post #432,780 by Ashton 2/26/20 5:44:02 PM 2/26/20 5:44:02 PM Reply	Galactic-psychiatrists pick: Drumpfomania ..as potentially terminal psychosis.

Let’s boogaloo! - (rcareaga) - (22) - Feb. 19, 2020, 04:12:33 PM EST

I hope that's a minority of a minority. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Feb. 19, 2020, 05:08:51 PM EST

..How an 'accretion disk' forms.. ... - (Ashton) - Feb. 20, 2020, 04:18:59 PM EST

Well, there's This (if they're planning to join forces with the DJT cult.. - (Ashton) - Feb. 19, 2020, 11:26:16 PM EST

You understand now why, several years ago, I decided to acquire several firearms? - (mmoffitt) - (11) - Feb. 20, 2020, 08:12:42 AM EST

Git the Hell outtathere. - (CRConrad) - (10) - Feb. 20, 2020, 09:49:36 AM EST

There's "No Place to Hide" ..to steal a rather old book-title. - (Ashton) - Feb. 20, 2020, 04:12:23 PM EST

“Ameristan” - (rcareaga) - (8) - Feb. 20, 2020, 04:11:51 PM EST

Tail wags dog, again? - (Ashton) - Feb. 21, 2020, 02:24:10 AM EST

pp ~200 -- ~250/300, IIRC. - (CRConrad) - (4) - Feb. 21, 2020, 06:06:33 AM EST

yabbut they are allowed to eat shrimp -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 21, 2020, 05:35:03 PM EST

Seveneves - (rcareaga) - (2) - Feb. 21, 2020, 09:59:00 PM EST

Oh, she was supposed to be Hillary? I never got that. Are you sure? - (CRConrad) - (1) - Feb. 22, 2020, 08:35:23 AM EST

Re: Oh, she was supposed to be Hillary? I never got that. Are you sure? - (rcareaga) - Feb. 22, 2020, 10:25:30 AM EST

idea is gaining traction - (boxley) - (1) - Feb. 21, 2020, 09:53:24 PM EST

Is there a RWNJ outlet you don't read? -NT - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 24, 2020, 08:13:30 AM EST

Good use of language - (drook) - (6) - Feb. 21, 2020, 06:54:56 AM EST

More like muddling the language. - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Feb. 21, 2020, 10:39:55 AM EST

I don't mean morally good, I mean effective - (drook) - (4) - Feb. 21, 2020, 11:36:40 AM EST

Or going around saying, "President Donald Trump" right? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Feb. 21, 2020, 01:10:24 PM EST

Or King Donald of Trumpia. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Feb. 21, 2020, 10:34:57 PM EST

Parasite Trump? -NT - (scoenye) - (1) - Feb. 23, 2020, 09:38:03 AM EST

Galactic-psychiatrists pick: Drumpfomania ..as potentially terminal psychosis. -NT - (Ashton) - Feb. 26, 2020, 05:44:02 PM EST

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