Mostly quotations. Curated by Semi since back when my VCR (yes) was blinking twelve.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Said Shirazi, "Two Ideas of Freedom"
There is a long liberal tradition of changing terms rather than changing policies. This is something like changing your diaper rather than learning to stop soiling yourself. Liberal rhetoric is partly a way of avoiding reality and partly of offering empty phrases as a substitute for change. In its more academic form it also serves the purpose of excluding ordinary people from the discussion, paralyzing them with confusion or intimidating them into silence.