Thursday, July 02, 2020

"Recontextualization."


Get used to that nasty little euphemism.

Boston is removing the city's Emancipation Memorial.

And if you thought it would end with Confederates.... it won't end.

The Cluster B histrionics being indulged here will just move to the next disordered grievance. And then the next. Then the next, ad infinitum.

And why not? There is no resistance and for a moment they get the buzz of minor celebrity and pretend heroism.

Here you go for the story, and the template for the future:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/01/us/boston-statue-removed-trnd/index.html

3 comments:

  1. I thought we were going with "universe of discourse."

    Kids these days and their lingo...

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  2. It all boils down to the same thing--the Ministry of Truth in action.

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    1. Sorry, Dale, we just got an update: "Ministry of Truth" was yesterday. Now it is the "college of fact."

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