The Tablet article on freedom of speech was very good. I saved it to re-read and internalize the arguments. I have often thought of politically correct speech as a form of cant. This essay contained a marvelous quote that captures the idea perfectly:
"Academics understand words not as most of us have traditionally understood them as sharp…
The Tablet article on freedom of speech was very good. I saved it to re-read and internalize the arguments. I have often thought of politically correct speech as a form of cant. This essay contained a marvelous quote that captures the idea perfectly:
"Academics understand words not as most of us have traditionally understood them as sharp and
useful tools with which to explore reality in all of its complexity but rather as pagans do, as fetishized, magical spells and incantations that have the power to cause actual harm or bring about real rapture."
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The Tablet article on freedom of speech was very good. I saved it to re-read and internalize the arguments. I have often thought of politically correct speech as a form of cant. This essay contained a marvelous quote that captures the idea perfectly:
"Academics understand words not as most of us have traditionally understood them as sharp and
useful tools with which to explore reality in all of its complexity but rather as pagans do, as fetishized, magical spells and incantations that have the power to cause actual harm or bring about real rapture."
Keep finding and referencing this type of article.