"Recode a scholar as a seer and you have quietly moved his entire output from the category of things that are true or false into the category of things that are felt. It is the most efficient form of disqualification available because it never has to dispute a single fact. It simply changes what kind of object the man’s sentences are."
In essence, one of the most common and insidious formulas used today to degrade the truth and denigrate the truth teller. One that has inflicted more damage and destabilization upon our society, both nationally and internationally, and upon the very concept of reality itself than I could've ever imagined a mere decade ago.
While I can't speak to most of the historical details as my ignorance of history, especially eastern European history, is admittedly quite profound, the rebuttal itself seems well crafted and was an informative read, as your writing always is...
The phrase "reductio ad duginum" is a humorous neo-Latin coinage playing on reductio ad absurdum (reduction to absurdity).
It essentially means reducing or dismissing an ideological argument, political stance, or bizarre conspiracy theory by showing that it inevitably leads back to the ideas of Russian political analyst Aleksandr Dugin.
"The deletion test does most of the seeing; the exhibit tags do the rest, recording whose atrocities go unmentioned and whose grief gets the tender paragraph."
Once seen, never forgotten -- a reality she'll now never escape.
"Recode a scholar as a seer and you have quietly moved his entire output from the category of things that are true or false into the category of things that are felt. It is the most efficient form of disqualification available because it never has to dispute a single fact. It simply changes what kind of object the man’s sentences are."
In essence, one of the most common and insidious formulas used today to degrade the truth and denigrate the truth teller. One that has inflicted more damage and destabilization upon our society, both nationally and internationally, and upon the very concept of reality itself than I could've ever imagined a mere decade ago.
While I can't speak to most of the historical details as my ignorance of history, especially eastern European history, is admittedly quite profound, the rebuttal itself seems well crafted and was an informative read, as your writing always is...
I always learn so much from Jackie.
The phrase "reductio ad duginum" is a humorous neo-Latin coinage playing on reductio ad absurdum (reduction to absurdity).
It essentially means reducing or dismissing an ideological argument, political stance, or bizarre conspiracy theory by showing that it inevitably leads back to the ideas of Russian political analyst Aleksandr Dugin.
"The deletion test does most of the seeing; the exhibit tags do the rest, recording whose atrocities go unmentioned and whose grief gets the tender paragraph."
Once seen, never forgotten -- a reality she'll now never escape.