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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Neoliberalism became a distorted term
In a message dated 8/8/2005 9:04:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, GABBARDD@MAIL.ECU.EDU writes: Basically, our entire political vocabulary has been rendered nonsensical. Liberalism can mean a variety of things, as can conservatism. Uwe Porkson developed the notion of "plastic words," which Ivan Illich appropriated into the idea of "amoeba words." If they can't mean anything, they don't mean anything. Too bad we can't go back and undo the damage. I'll have to start footnoting an apology for being forced into prevailing categories. __________________________________________ I suppose the fact that "our entire political vocabulary has been rendered nonsensical" explains why you interjected the Holocaust into a discussion of reading and math tests in the public schools. You really didn't have a choice, you were just forced into it by the prevailing categories. Art
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