So long as we’re talking about code words and “who decides” what interpretation is best, let me add a few points to help combat the creeping fascism that comes with certain ideas about how language works. To do so, let me quote from an example left in the comments to a post at Patterico’s that seeks to explain to us “What words mean”: Words not only mean different things in
March 15, 2009
March 15, 2009
Advocacy [Dan Collins]
One of the things that’s going on in the posts below, dealing with interpretation and signification and intention, is that people are asking, “Who is to judge?” And that’s an interesting question, for all of us. On the part of the left, of course, that is the person who is most aggrieved, by and large, which is a matter apart from who is victimized, although that distinction seems a bit
March 15, 2009
More on Code Words [Dan Collins]
Over at American Power, Donald Douglas has up a post that places in historical perspective the amoral anti-seriousness of the left. What amazes me is that they will search for hidden meanings in code words for their ideological opponents at home, while rationalizing and apologizing for the forthright and unequivocal statements of hatred towards our allies and intended harm towards us they find among our enemies abroad. Also, Madoff’s willing