He cheapens debate by fully adopting Twitter’s pithy idiom in his pop-sociologising about religion and its adherents, breathelessly pearl-clutching at “puerile” social media one moment, and dismissing a population of billions as idiots the next. A Matter of “Principle” Throughout this tem...
b. A flat stick used in weaving by hand to separate the upper and lower threads of the warp and to tighten the weft. tr.v. bat·tened, bat·ten·ing, bat·tens Nautical To furnish, fasten, or secure with battens: battened down the hatch during the storm.Idiom: batten down the...
He cheapens debate by fully adopting Twitter’s pithy idiom in his pop-sociologising about religion and its adherents, breathelessly pearl-clutching at “puerile” social media one moment, and dismissing a population of billions as idiots the next. A Matter of “Principle” Throughout this tem...