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dan's avatar

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions - Grace Hopper.

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Rebekah Barnett's avatar

Never heard that one before, I like it.

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Gareth Thomas's avatar

I also love the "experts say...." tag.

It's the last vestige or the journalistic scoundrel.

It is an insult to the intelligence of the audience, though possibly a reflection on the intellectual capacity of the average ABC fan (which includes most of my extended family).

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Evad's avatar

What is a 'populist' leader, Rebekah?:)

An elected leader who happens to be popular, too? A leader who attracted the votes of a large majority of the voters? A leader who comes to office promising to improve the lives of the masses/plebs (IE went to the poll on a populist ticket)? A person who went to the polls and won a fair election?

I am genuinely confused but am confident you will be able to enlighten me.:)

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Rebekah Barnett's avatar

Populism (noun): "a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups."

Further explained by Britannica here:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/populism

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Evad's avatar

And that matches your own understanding of the term at the time you employed it?:)

A philosopher will tell you there are as many definitions for any given complex term as there are human beings to write or utter it.

Person A uses a word imaging it to mean X. Person B reads A's word and imagined it to mean Y.

Language is tricky, isn't it!?

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Rebekah Barnett's avatar

And this is probably the reason you don’t find many philosophers writing short, readable news articles.

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Evad's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

Tell me, was Hitler a populist leader?

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Rebekah Barnett's avatar

Depends on which definition you’re using, apparently.

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Evad's avatar

Ah, now you're catching on.🤣

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Evad's avatar

So, most of humanity is now genetically modified, though not resistant to Roundup?

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Rebekah Barnett's avatar

I suspect that manifested gluten intolerance is a form of Roundup resistance in many people! Having said that, I am also intolerant of gluten from organic sources, so I’m not suggesting all gluten intolerance is Roundup resistance.

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Ross Curtis's avatar

Evidence from the truth speakers worldwide is attacking the Achilles heel of the cabal, corpuscle by corpuscle.

Boycotting the ballot is a clear way to send a message to the corrupt who don't serve our interests, but mandate the injection of substances to grievously damage the human genome.

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