[lbo-talk] Ethics of choosing an audience/ was Prose Style, was Time to Get Religion

[ravi]

At around 11/12/06 5:06 pm, Tayssir John Gabbour wrote:
> 
> (Too many smart people are cowed into silence because they're afraid
> of looking dumb. This goes for rightists, leftists, and normal
> people.)
> 

To the contrary, I believe many normal people are cowed into silence
because they are afraid of being made to look dumb by smart (not wise or
intelligent) people. And this, to tie this back in, is accomplished
usually through language.

	--ravi