tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25345558.post114572236473360561..comments2007-02-22T15:35:25.642-08:00Wintermutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682016196149989408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25345558.post-1147032209352255822006-05-07T13:03:00.000-07:002006-05-07T13:03:00.000-07:00Pathologize Dissent--<BR/>I think this habit of pathologizing dissent is so rampant in our culture that I don't see how "skeptics" are not among the guilty. In fact, ask yourself how many here accuse others of "not taking their meds", or are currently advised to "take their meds" when something said is not liked. That is a repulsive, dismissive answer to someone if that person is being genuine in their speech. It censors speech and opinion by attempting to embarrass the speaker. <BR/><BR/>Karl Rove has it down to a Science. Maybe he calls it "SwiftBoat" instead. Whatever, this tactic of trivializing dissent has become so common in the United States as to be habitual. <BR/><BR/>Thought Gulags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25345558.post-1147032057997015122006-05-07T13:00:00.000-07:002006-05-07T13:00:00.000-07:00Pathologize Dissent--<BR/>I think this habit of pathologizing dissent is so rampant in our culture that I don't see how "skeptics" are not among the guilty. In fact, ask yourself how many here accuse others of "not taking their meds", or are currently advised to "take their meds" when something said is not liked. That is a repulsive, dismissive answer to someone if that person is being genuine in their speech. It censors speech and opinion by attempting to embarrass the speaker. <BR/><BR/>Karl Rove has it down to a Science. Maybe he calls it "SwiftBoat" instead. Whatever, this tactic of trivializing dissent has become so common in the United States as to be habitual. <BR/><BR/>Thought GulagsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com