[lbo-talk] dixor

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Oct 6 12:18:08 PDT 2003


Brian Siano wrote:


>I was right: "socially constructed" _is_ an empty, vacuous term,
>devised solely for the benefit of merely _seeming_ erudite and
>well-reasoned. You use the term, and hope that it makes you look
>smart. But when anyone calls you on your bluff, and actually asks
>that it be _clarified_, get all huffy and accuse the other person of
>being stupid.
>
>You're a fraud and a poser. Away with you, into the dustbin of tenure.

What anti-intellectual claptrap - it sounds like something that belongs on Fox News. And last I checked, Kelly was nowhere near a tenure track. Might it be that she thought your chip-on-the-shoulder attitude wasn't worth a more serious response?

Doug



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