Remember Political Correctness? It came and went. Pearl clutching about Mods and Rockers came and went. CND. Football hooliganism. Various waves of feminism.
Enthusiasms are stirred up by activists, and seem to take over public attention. And then the enthusiasms fade away as the activists over-reach.
DJ - and always there is something else to grab public attention. Things will become very interesting if digital communication leads to a sufficient number of people becoming both wise to it and tired of it.
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Remember Political Correctness? It came and went. Pearl clutching about Mods and Rockers came and went. CND. Football hooliganism. Various waves of feminism.
Enthusiasms are stirred up by activists, and seem to take over public attention. And then the enthusiasms fade away as the activists over-reach.
DJ - and always there is something else to grab public attention. Things will become very interesting if digital communication leads to a sufficient number of people becoming both wise to it and tired of it.
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