(spotted by Fuzheado)
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/5/789941/-Wingnuts-Rewriting-the-B...
(context: the Conservapedia translation of the Bible.)
- d.
David Gerard wrote:
(spotted by Fuzheado)
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/5/789941/-Wingnuts-Rewriting-the-B...
(context: the Conservapedia translation of the Bible.)
"Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness" is pretty good though (scroll down). The wordiness was actually specified ("circumlocution", see Adam Nicolson's book on the KJV) by James I, that well-known soft touch for liberal causes (note that he failed to see the libertarian case for allowing people to smoke if they wanted to).
Charles****
On 10/6/09, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
"Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness" is pretty good though (scroll down).
That's a doozy.
Note also that principle 4, "Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms", links to another of Schlafly's crackpot projects, to prove that since 1612, "Powerful, insightful new conservative terms have grown at a geometric rate, roughly doubling every century"
So if you're verbose in the name of Liberalism, that's "wordy" and bad, but if you're verbose in the name of Conservatism, that's "strong" and good?
check. I'll remember that. I'd hate to be verbose for all the wrong reasons.
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On 10/6/09, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
"Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness" is pretty good though (scroll down).
That's a doozy.
Note also that principle 4, "Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms", links to another of Schlafly's crackpot projects, to prove that since 1612, "Powerful, insightful new conservative terms have grown at a geometric rate, roughly doubling every century"
http://conservapedia.com/Essay:Best_New_Conservative_Terms
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KillerChihuahua wrote:
So if you're verbose in the name of Liberalism, that's "wordy" and bad, but if you're verbose in the name of Conservatism, that's "strong" and good?
check. I'll remember that. I'd hate to be verbose for all the wrong reasons.
That's not the distinction that I would make. Conservatives don't need to be verbose because they believe that they already have God's truth. Liberals too easily spend much time on trying to figure out what to create in place of God, and figuring out how to avoid stepping on the merry-go-round.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Sidaway"
On 10/6/09, Charles Matthews wrote:
"Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness" is pretty good though (scroll down).
That's a doozy.
Note also that principle 4, "Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms", links to another of Schlafly's crackpot projects, to prove that since 1612, "Powerful, insightful new conservative terms have grown at a geometric rate, roughly doubling every century"
It wasn't a distinction. It was intended as a joke.
See also: lead balloon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Saintonge" saintonge@telus.net To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:22 AM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia: "a liberal cesspool of fact-checking, sources and citations"
KillerChihuahua wrote:
So if you're verbose in the name of Liberalism, that's "wordy" and bad, but if you're verbose in the name of Conservatism, that's "strong" and good?
check. I'll remember that. I'd hate to be verbose for all the wrong reasons.
That's not the distinction that I would make. Conservatives don't need to be verbose because they believe that they already have God's truth. Liberals too easily spend much time on trying to figure out what to create in place of God, and figuring out how to avoid stepping on the merry-go-round.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Sidaway"
On 10/6/09, Charles Matthews wrote:
"Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness" is pretty good though (scroll down).
That's a doozy.
Note also that principle 4, "Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms", links to another of Schlafly's crackpot projects, to prove that since 1612, "Powerful, insightful new conservative terms have grown at a geometric rate, roughly doubling every century"
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