was originally said to be used to describe Soviet sympathizers in Western countries (although the true roots of the term, while likely Russian, seem even more elusive than that; seehere for example).
— but because the meaning of the term “Universalist” has changed over the years. For instance, I consider myself a humanist Universalist. I am not Christian — I’m not even a theist — and I don’t believe in Heaven, and yet I am still a Universalist. More on this later. James...
试题来源: 解析 —— Joseph R. McCarthy was U.S. Senator. He started his campaign by saying on Feb. 9, 1950 that he had the names of over 200 Communists in the State Department. His campaign of accusation and anti-Communist hysteria was called McCarthyism. ...
McCarthy was voted out of office in 1955, dying in disgrace two years later. His legacy includes the phraseMcCarthyism, used ever since to describe the practice of defaming political opponents without evidence. The anti-communist hysteria he exemplified has since been regarded as one of the dar...
any kind of compelling vision for the future of the country. For the third cycle in a row, the Democrats have been freed up to run a mostly substanceless campaign that boils down to “Vote for us so Trump will lose.” But what besides that promise of negation does the party stand for...
These questions go to the heart of what we mean by “artificial intelligence,” a term people have actually been arguing about for decades. But the discourse around AI has become more acrimonious with the rise of large language models that can mimic the way we talk and write with thrilling/...
This is blatant religious misogynism, a dystopian Handmaiden’s Tale of a future where any male can decide to impregnate any female with impunity, forcing rape and incest victims to carry their rapist’s baby to term. They are forcing all people with uteri to suffer the consequences to their...
Leveraging this fear is an effective means of control. Daniel McCarthy writes in Spring 2020 issue of Modern Age, that the cornerstone of the Hobbesian political and social order into which, he argues, we are descending, is to maintain fear and anxiety. Threatening the narrative, threatens the...
Why does the term PC sometimes appear to be used altruistically, and sometimes as code in political speeches? How do context and subtext affect the meaning of PC? How can tolerance be a form of intolerance? What is the place of humor in the fight against prejudice and discrimination? How ...
There are plenty of celebrity cranks (Jenny McCarthy, e.g.). Is it the ego that won’t let them admit mistake? That makes some sense. They had to have a pretty big ego to first promote such an unlikely and criticized theory. Turning back would look pretty bad. Or they might just ...