July 25, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
“[T]he populist habit of stringing words together for their connotations rather than crafting them for meaning. The tactic makes insinuation sound direct.”
—Matt Raley
This is in the context of an old controversy (Dobson vs. Obama) in an article I just came across by a friend of a friend but it’s an apt description for most of public discourse these days.
This is in the context of an old controversy (Dobson vs. Obama) in an article I just came across by a friend of a friend but it’s an apt description for most of public discourse these days.
rusted coke (via michele cat)