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our friends in the academy and in the press have been paid a lot of very good money to pathologize the notion that conspiracies exist
by recursivedoubts 2y ago
our friends in the academy and in the press have been paid a lot of very good money to pathologize the notion that conspiracies exist
- HocusLocus 2y agoIf you sense an attack on a dictionary word, try to take it back with as much verve as you can muster. "People conspire all the time to get things done. It's why we're such bosses. 'What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel!' Was there a particular conspiracy you were thinking of?" "I was thinking about the patriarchal tyranny of language, not just in the bible but even Shakespeare." "As opposed to a more enlightened gender neutral language, like Farsi? Not only a lack of gender articles, but pronouns?" "Yes." "Well... how'd that work out?"