Comments on: ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (AND OTHER IDIOCIES) http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Sat, 02 May 2026 09:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dan T. http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/comment-page-1/#comment-151378 Dan T. Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:50:55 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/#comment-151378 Kender - I've always gone directly back to the definition of "racist" as you have in your link when I hear the term - the "superiority" aspect that almost never actually applies to its context, much like homophobes are not fearful. These are mere button-pushing words. Okay, these would "appear" to be button-pushing words. Ask an e-primer to write a paragraph without "appear", by the way. (And "would appear" takes me off on an OT tangent, reminding me of William Safire's "craven conditional" structure - it would appear, I would hope, etc. - suitable language for a liberal's fear of commitment.) Kender - I’ve always gone directly back to the definition of “racist” as you have in your link when I hear the term - the “superiority” aspect that almost never actually applies to its context, much like homophobes are not fearful. These are mere button-pushing words. Okay, these would “appear” to be button-pushing words.

Ask an e-primer to write a paragraph without “appear”, by the way. (And “would appear” takes me off on an OT tangent, reminding me of William Safire’s “craven conditional” structure - it would appear, I would hope, etc. - suitable language for a liberal’s fear of commitment.)

]]> By: Promethea http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/comment-page-1/#comment-151223 Promethea Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:10:15 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/#comment-151223 Imagine, for a moment, that this is 1939 and we are arguing whether or not the Germans represent a danger to the health and well-being of Americans. Would we be called "racists"? No. Would we be called "bigots"? No. This is testimony to the truth that the people calling "racist" are the actual racists. They don't believe the Arabs and Persians are dangerous because they think these peoples are incompetents. The end of PC is almost here. It's the "denialists" (my new term) who have to explain to us rational people why we shouldn't be afraid of raging seething Arab Muslim terrorists and murderous Mad Mullahs building nukes. Imagine, for a moment, that this is 1939 and we are arguing whether or not the Germans represent a danger to the health and well-being of Americans. Would we be called “racists”? No. Would we be called “bigots”? No. This is testimony to the truth that the people calling “racist” are the actual racists. They don’t believe the Arabs and Persians are dangerous because they think these peoples are incompetents.

The end of PC is almost here. It’s the “denialists” (my new term) who have to explain to us rational people why we shouldn’t be afraid of raging seething Arab Muslim terrorists and murderous Mad Mullahs building nukes.

]]> By: Angel http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/comment-page-1/#comment-151219 Angel Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:58:02 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/#comment-151219 Wow..I loved yer analysis of why we blog addicts..ok.. I'll speak for mahself..heh..write and thrive so much on reading others' alliterative posts. As far as the race card being drawn..to me- it's all getting old...If pple were less apologetic and self- hating, they could silence the haters who love to accuse any broad minded conservative of racism any day of the week! Wow..I loved yer analysis of why we blog addicts..ok..
I’ll speak for mahself..heh..write and thrive so much
on reading others’ alliterative posts.
As far as the race card being drawn..to me- it’s all
getting old…If pple were less apologetic and self-
hating, they could silence the haters who love to
accuse any broad minded conservative of racism any
day of the week!

]]> By: David Bligh http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/comment-page-1/#comment-151164 David Bligh Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:01:09 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/#comment-151164 While I appreciate the necessity of the limited scope of each blog installment, I initially hoped for reference in your blog to the hatchet jobs performed on the English language in practically all reporting avenues. It is a sad commentary on the state of our national dialogue that for example (1) subject and predicate too often disagree, (2) the gerund is never, as it should be, modified by the adjective form of the possessive pronoun, and (3) topics of national and international importance are regularly mispronounced--consider the President of the United States’ pronouncing "nuclear" as if it were spelled "nuculer." These three examples may be dismissed as insignificant by some, especially those who make a living from their butchery of the greatest language on Earth. But, the point is that these examples describe the symptoms of the disease. The illness is the lazy mind. In the rush to inject my idea into the marketplace, I could simply dismiss the rules of grammar. After all, isn’t it more important to beat the next person to the punch with a poorly articulated idea than to apply a disciplined mind to the idea before it is subjected to the harsh light of public scrutiny? At another time (e.g. 1776) in our nation’s development, public scrutiny would be expected and serve as a deterrent to sloppy composition. Unfortunately, there are few in our country today with the ability to recognize or the courage to state that “the king is wearing no clothes.” While I appreciate the necessity of the limited scope of each blog installment, I initially hoped for reference in your blog to the hatchet jobs performed on the English language in practically all reporting avenues. It is a sad commentary on the state of our national dialogue that for example (1) subject and predicate too often disagree, (2) the gerund is never, as it should be, modified by the adjective form of the possessive pronoun, and (3) topics of national and international importance are regularly mispronounced–consider the President of the United States’ pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were spelled “nuculer.” These three examples may be dismissed as insignificant by some, especially those who make a living from their butchery of the greatest language on Earth. But, the point is that these examples describe the symptoms of the disease. The illness is the lazy mind. In the rush to inject my idea into the marketplace, I could simply dismiss the rules of grammar. After all, isn’t it more important to beat the next person to the punch with a poorly articulated idea than to apply a disciplined mind to the idea before it is subjected to the harsh light of public scrutiny? At another time (e.g. 1776) in our nation’s development, public scrutiny would be expected and serve as a deterrent to sloppy composition. Unfortunately, there are few in our country today with the ability to recognize or the courage to state that “the king is wearing no clothes.”

]]> By: kender http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/comment-page-1/#comment-151158 kender Sun, 26 Feb 2006 01:29:39 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/#comment-151158 Dan T., in my present state of education that I adhere to, in which my metaphysical system teaches me there is a right and a wrong, the link you provided appears to lead to a website that would seem to cause great anger in me brought on by the apparent stupidity of people that would adhere to a system of grayscaled worldviews that eschew good vs. evil and wrong vs. right. The electron is a particle that moves in a wave form, at times. Dan T., in my present state of education that I adhere to, in which my metaphysical system teaches me there is a right and a wrong, the link you provided appears to lead to a website that would seem to cause great anger in me brought on by the apparent stupidity of people that would adhere to a system of grayscaled worldviews that eschew good vs. evil and wrong vs. right.

The electron is a particle that moves in a wave form, at times.

]]> By: kender http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/comment-page-1/#comment-151156 kender Sun, 26 Feb 2006 01:20:28 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/#comment-151156 Welcome to the club, meetings are on tuesday nights at hooters. http://kendersmusings.blogspot.com/2006/01/who-are-you-with-as-for-me-im-with.html Welcome to the club, meetings are on tuesday nights at hooters.

http://kendersmusings.blogspot.com/2006/01/who-are-you-with-as-for-me-im-with.html

]]> By: Dan T. http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/comment-page-1/#comment-151149 Dan T. Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:23:47 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/25/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-the-english-language-and-other-idiocies/#comment-151149 "one should instead throw context to the four winds and substitute referential formulations that are anti-subjective" case in point: http://www.nobeliefs.com/eprime.htm “one should instead throw context to the four winds and substitute referential formulations that are anti-subjective”

case in point: http://www.nobeliefs.com/eprime.htm

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