[Vision2020] Intolerista Score Card

[Saundra Lund]

Melynda & Visionaries:

While I do agree that Wilson World's unhealthy obsession with using the
pejorative 'Intolerista' to describe *all* who disagree with that particular
worldview is a spot on example of a B vocabulary word, I think we need to be
tolerant of those who use the word due to an obviously severely limited
vocabulary, which is *clearly* the case for some who choose to use the word.

Additionally, I think Wilson World's use of the word does a much better job
of indicating the character of those *who* use the word than it does to
indicate anything at all about those who are the *target* of such truly
pathetic name-calling.


JMHO,
Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
Edmund Burke

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-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Melynda Huskey
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 1:40 PM
To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Intolerista Score Card

Could we possibly consider retiring "Intolerista" in favor of, say, "Some
People I Don't Like," or "People with Silly Ideas" or even "The Damned"?

Remember Newspeak, the official governmental language in *1984*?  I quote
from Orwell:

"The B vocabulary consisted of words which had been deliberately constructed
for political purposes: words, that is to say, which not only had in every
case a political implication, but were intended to impose a desirable mental
attitude upon the person using them."

"Intolerista" is a perfect example of the deliberate construction of a B
vocabulary word.  That it achieves its goal is evident in Doug Farris's
entire post, in which the personal vilification of a large number of people
is justified simply by reference to the term itself, and what was intended
to be humorous is simply vulgar, rude, or incoherent.

Our ideas can only be as good as the words at our disposal.

Melynda Huskey