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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Funny Not-Funny
It's funny how skepticism, criticism, and demands for equity-in-diversity are castigated as "negativity," as if the "positivity" of credulity, acquiescence, inequity, and conformity yields positive results for any but incumbent elites.
> It's funny how skepticism, criticism, and demands for > equity-in-diversity are castigated as "negativity," > as if the "positivity" of credulity, acquiescence, > inequity, and conformity yields positive results > for any but incumbent elites.
It's all about the triumph of smarm as a powerful political tool. (So what else is new?)
> It's funny how skepticism, criticism, and demands for
ReplyDelete> equity-in-diversity are castigated as "negativity,"
> as if the "positivity" of credulity, acquiescence,
> inequity, and conformity yields positive results
> for any but incumbent elites.
It's all about the triumph of smarm as a powerful
political tool. (So what else is new?)
http://gawker.com/on-smarm-1476594977