From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 11:02:41 MST
--- Damien Broderick <thespike@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Mike Lorrey said (but not in a chattering way, heaven forbid):
>
> > your chattering intelligentsia buddies
>
> That's the second time I've seen this now-hoary term of abuse used
> here in a
> couple of days. I believe it was coined by vociferous and well-paid
> political commentators in the UK. What a funny way to condemn people
> you disagree with on an email (or chattering) list.
>
> It's especially rich coming from those (like me, but then I don't use
> the term) who chatter here more than most subscribers.
Ah, but I doubt anybody in the intelligentsia would care to admit me to
their august and ivory glistened ranks. Therefore I am merely a
chattering redneck.
However, the allegedly 'hoary' term was coined to refer to those who
earn their living by chattering: political pundits, lobbyists,
activists, lawyers, and academicians. It is strikingly apt a term to
describe them.
I, on the other hand, earn my living honestly and only chatter as a
hobby. Because I care to get my hands dirty and muscles sore on a
professional basis, I don't qualify for the label you describe.
=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell
"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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