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vitriotic
vitriotic (vi-tree-ot-ik), adj. feeling or inspired by devotion to and support for one’s country, expressed through severely caustic or hateful invective against foreigners or political opponents . Ex.: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump.
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Lessons in civility
They said, “Be civil.” So I looked to our nation’s moral leader for guidance.
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unstruction
unstruction (uhn-struhk-shuh n), n. the act, practice, or profession of imparting information that is confusing, bewildering, or perplexing. Ex.: Any explanation of quantum physics.
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intention span
intention span (in-ten-shuh n span), n. the length of time for which an individual or group is able to maintain motivation to do a specified thing or act in a specified manner, often inversely related to outrage levels generated from news reports or social media.
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Wakanda: The black utopia
[Video essay]My first video essay: a look at Black Panther’s Wakanda through the lens of the utopian tradition.
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“Biblical” “logic”
“This is a secular state, not a church,” Jeff Sessions told a crowd in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a couple days ago, “and I am a law enforcement officer.”
Amen, brother.
Only…why, at the same event, did he “take a little bit of digression” (see the video, above) and explicitly invoke the Christian Bible as the (shaky) foundation for a (shakier) moral philosophy?
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nettribution
nettribution (net-truh–byoo-shuh n), n. the action of ascribing a quote on the Internet to Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, or Albert Einstein. Ex.: “The problem with quotes found on the Internet is that they are often not true.” —Abraham Lincoln
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