Columbia protesters agree to dismantle some tents. Gaza war protest encampments spread across U.S. universities. Columbia says "alternate options" would be considered to clear the encampment.
Comintern is a word that can be uttered almost without taking thought, whereas Communist International is a phrase over which one is obliged to linger at least momentarily… This accounted not only for the habit of abbreviating whenever possible, but also for the almost exaggerated care that was taken to make every word easily pronounceable.
Because we’re inadvertently building our newspeak, but to wield against the opposition. ‘Woke’ ‘chud’ ‘groomer’ ‘hippie’ lets you hang a label on today’s target of vitriol without understanding. Not understanding the theory, the origins, background, context, etc - we apply the label, the bad person gets chided, now move on to next outrage.
Because we’re inadvertently building our newspeak, but to wield against the opposition. ‘Woke’ ‘chud’ ‘groomer’ ‘hippie’ lets you hang a label on today’s target of vitriol without understanding. Not understanding the theory, the origins, background, context, etc - we apply the label, the bad person gets chided, now move on to next outrage.