tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post1584386242331251097..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Positive Campaigning WorksDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-11827486809054906622008-11-03T14:27:00.000-08:002008-11-03T14:27:00.000-08:00Jamais Cascio provides this pithy characterization...Jamais Cascio <A HREF="http://openthefuture.com/2007/11/village_greens.html" REL="nofollow">provides</A> this pithy characterization of "the Village": <BR/><BR/><B>the acid term for the Washington, D.C. coterie of strategists, pundits, media figures, and policymakers, all more interested in ensuring their mutual approval than actually confronting problems. The Village has set narratives, and information or opinions that run counter to these set narratives are variously declared "irresponsible," "offensive," or (worst of all) "un-serious." The point of the Village is to perpetuate the Village; political figures who don't pay obeisance to the Village and its narratives are either ignored (if they're insufficiently powerful) or venomously attacked.</B><BR/><BR/>A key elaboration of the notion can be found <A HREF="http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/11/village-of-damned-idiots.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. But for me the term has stuck mostly because its use by one of my favorite bloggers, Digby, in her fabulous Hullabaloo posts. Digby's use of the term "Heathers" to describe ill-informed hired guns who drive most Village media narratives has gotten rather jumbled together with my use of the Village terminology as well, although these two satirical lines don't always combine in other peoples' use of either of them. I always believed that Digby's use of "Heather" was informed by the film <I>Heathers</I>. If I'm not mistaken, Digby's actual name also happens to be Heather.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-62194066559561989292008-11-03T13:42:00.000-08:002008-11-03T13:42:00.000-08:00Hi Dale,Usually when I don't understand one of you...Hi Dale,<BR/>Usually when I don't understand one of your terms I can find it on wikipedia, but not this time. Do you mind explaining the term "Villager" and/or why it's connected to a negative feminine stereotype? I'd like to understand. Thank you.Anisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665438278197039376noreply@blogger.com