tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post7330098086360826456..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Lost wordsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-49289993584531697962013-11-07T14:10:33.732+00:002013-11-07T14:10:33.732+00:00Sackers - surely that would be too labelist.
Arth...Sackers - surely that would be too labelist.<br /><br />Arthurian - you may be right. I don't really like "ists" applied to people, but applied to policies and ideas it isn't so bad. <br /><br />The point I'm trying to make is that extremely toxic political trends can be virtually neutered by language.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-54328128925191219642013-11-07T01:38:15.323+00:002013-11-07T01:38:15.323+00:00I was thinking, in the phrase "Stalinist and ...I was thinking, in the phrase "Stalinist and Maoist" maybe the problem isn't the "Stalin" and the "Mao" but the "ist".<br /><br />... goes to what you said about labels.<br />The Arthurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-73473486954257430462013-11-06T19:37:09.219+00:002013-11-06T19:37:09.219+00:00I've often thought of providing some commenter...I've often thought of providing some commenters with a sheet of sticky labels they can put on me, saves them the pretence of thinking.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com