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Sunday, 15 February 2026

When Language Fails

 

8 comments:

DiscoveredJoys said...

My suggestion is that there maybe some people who think in Power Point slides. They think in bullet points - not allowing any nuance to creep in and disrupt their purity.

You see. the whole problem with the World is that fools and fanatics are certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
~https://existentialcomics.com/

A K Haart said...

DJ - that's a useful analogy, an important point too, because climate change orthodoxy depends on on the rigorous suppression of valid scientific uncertainty, as did Covid lockdown.

Tammly said...

Barking Mad. Barking. What barks? Meat eaters perhaps?

A K Haart said...

Tammly - I think she is taking advantage of lax academic standards where meaning is less important than fashionable language games.

Chris said...

I am actually quite impressed by this. I know, I know but stick with me.

She manages to come up with a full list of trendy-lefty Bullshit Bingo in the space of a few minutes. The most impressive thing is that she kept a straight face whilst delivering the biggest load of witless drivel imaginable.

Kudos, I say….

A K Haart said...

Chris - you could have a point, Starmer can't do it that smoothly and neither can Rachel Reeves.

Tammly said...

I read a lovely expression in Dr North's blog ' Turbulent Times' last week viz ' The stupidity of liberal women is one of the seven wonders of the world'. Here is yet another illustration.

A K Haart said...

Tammly - yes, the stupidity is so extreme that it's not easy to explain unless there is a large and exclusive middle class stupidity bubble supporting it all, which of course there is. The BBC is part of it.