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here is another Wikipedia article for you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_terminating_cliche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_terminating_cliche
by throwaway2048 13y ago
here is another Wikipedia article for you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_terminating_cliche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_terminating_cliche
- nawitus 13y agoInterestingly, 'thought terminating cliche' is also a thought terminating cliche.
- RyanMcGreal 13y agoHeh. In February 2012, Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews actually defended a bill for an unconstitutional warrantless spying program by saying its opponents "can either stand with us or with the child pornographers." You can't make this stuff up.
- crististm 13y agoBush: Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. (Applause.) If this is all they've got, they are naked; I've seen children debating better than this. http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/200...
- zimbu668 13y agoThanks, I've been wanting a term for that idea. Needs to be shorter and catchier thought, otherwise it's just a <insert term for idea dismissed out of hand for being too egg-heady>