I've gotten some complaints that I am not asking a question. But the complainers do not seem too interested in the meaning of these words. How do we account for it? Is it universal that people do not like the meaning of words, or do these meanings disrupt the comfy semantic they thought and hoped the words had? Is obscurantism more prevalent among a particular political stripe?
2006-09-02 04:18:55 · 7 answers · asked by voltaire 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because when you present proof of their beliefs being wrong, like the definition of Liberal, they get all up in arms and defensive.
2006-09-02 04:21:29 · answer #1 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For one thing, you speak in a convoluted manner, seemingly designed to confuse people. Some people do this in order to show others that they are more intelligent than the rest. I can only suspect this of you; I have no proof that this is your motive.
As for being obscurant, this seems to be your own particular political stripe. Are most of your cohorts practitioners of obsurantism?
I have found in my life that people who practice this contrived aloofness do so out of fear of being discovered to be common, and on or even below a level with those above whom they seek to elevate themselves.
2006-09-02 04:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?
Well, I "disapprove" because you're not really "asking questions"; you're espousing your own political beliefs.
Which is OK, I suppose, but then how can you expect an "answer" when you're not really asking a question.
I suspect what you want is to ignite a political discourse, and that's OK, too - except this isn't really the forum for that sort of thing.
By the way, the quote above, commonly believed to have been created by Voltaire, actually wasn't - see link below.
And that was news to me.
2006-09-02 04:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I already know the meaning. The issue is not that I'm not comfortable with the meaning, the issue is that this is a question and answer site, not a soap box or dictionary site. I'm fairly liberal, but I don't want to see the definition posted over and over again. It's jjust flooding and dumb.
2006-09-02 04:22:12 · answer #4 · answered by Charles D 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That could be the case,but unfortunately you may need to dumb down your words to appeal to the masses .
2006-09-02 04:22:46 · answer #5 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Republicans despise anything that makes them take an honest look at themselves.
2006-09-02 04:22:02 · answer #6 · answered by dstr 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have applied them incorrectly. Pretty hard to be enthusiastic about something so clearly wrong.
2006-09-02 04:21:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋