[lbo-talk] Food stamp use rises

[Carrol Cox]

Those seem good additions. "Citizen" as a current political term is
particularly obnoxious because of the issue of the "undocumented." We
changed the name of our local anti-war group from "Citizens" to "Coalition"
to avoid that obscenity. The correct political term is _resident_. This even
applies to "electoral" politics, since voting is not a useful part of
electoral politics, and agitation or demonstrations around elections do not
require ID.

As a _historical_ term (as introduced by the French Revolution) the term
"Citizen" is still needed however. It was directed against formal privilege
(caste, estate, etc) rather than against migrants at that time.

Carrol


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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Food stamp use rises
> 
> On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, Carrol Cox wrote:
> 
> > I keep collecting a mental list of the most obscene words in English. So
> > far
> > three are on the list:
> >
> > Accountability
> >
> > Responsibility
> >
> > Abuse
> >
> 
> That is a good list. I'd add:
> 
> Citizen
> 
> Taxpayer
> 
> Hardworking
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