Hey, I voted for Kerry. We nerds must stick together. :-) Though I will admit that Bush's penchant for butchering this language has provided me with substantial amounts of fodder for discussing writing with my students. Some of them make Bush look positively eloquent. ::shudders:: I suspect, though, that the number of people who enjoy properly used big words is a fairly small proportion of the population.
While intellectuals in general might have a bad name right now, people in my line of work - political scientists - were MUCH more out of favor four years ago, when the inadequacy of our exit polling practices was exposed. :-) Back then, it wasn't safe to admit my line of work in public. Now, people all just assume that like all university professors I'm a radical leftist who's voting for Kerry anyway, so I'm safe again. ::vbg::
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Re: Canada vs US on liberalism
Date: 2004-11-07 01:04 pm (UTC)While intellectuals in general might have a bad name right now, people in my line of work - political scientists - were MUCH more out of favor four years ago, when the inadequacy of our exit polling practices was exposed. :-) Back then, it wasn't safe to admit my line of work in public. Now, people all just assume that like all university professors I'm a radical leftist who's voting for Kerry anyway, so I'm safe again. ::vbg::