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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Political Leaders Who Mangle Both Language and Our Sense of Reality

...the more we engage with the Russia story, the less we engage with our lived reality of destruction of democracy in this country.

                                                                               -- Masha Gessen


Certain leaders of the past and present have been adept at using language in an incredibly destructive way.  If knowledge is power, surely the interview conducted at the following link is important.



Our Military Leader Mangles Both Language and Our Sense of Reality 
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  1. The Musical PatriotOctober 11, 2017 at 4:19 PM

    "...Americans elected Trump,..." As readers of this blog know, this is simply not true. (See elsewhere.) However, Ms. Gessen is right that there are dangers in focusing on any Trump-Russian collusion. At the same time, we must be clear: Americans did not "elect" Trump in any way.

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