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> On Dec 1, 2016, at 3:01 PM, wytheholt--- via Marxism > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The real problem is that this claptrap -- the use of over-the-top language, > racist, sexist, homophobic, and maligning -- mirrors what is going on in the > world of "journalism." Insults and name-calling are getting built into > regular "political" speech and commentary. Anger and meanness suffuse all > characterization. This 21-year-old Montanan believes that, in the future, > ONLY insulting name-calling prose will even be listened to. There’s a good reason Roosevelt’s famous line about “speaking softly” finds resonance: Most people intuitively understand (even if they typically behave otherwise) how easily speaking loudly can be mistaken for carrying a big stick. They also intuitively understand such a mistake can be fatal if you’re the one doing the ranting, empty handed, and your adversary has come to the fight prepared. Trump may have a thin skin, but I don’t think the same is true about the people he’s discovering he now works for. “Don’t malign, organize!” (Sorry, Joe.) _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
