Comments on: A point of agreement… http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/28/a-point-of-agreement/ Some place between 40 and Death Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:12:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Huw http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/28/a-point-of-agreement/#comment-390 Huw Wed, 02 May 2007 01:12:03 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/28/a-point-of-agreement/#comment-390 I was kinda amused at "reasserter". I was equally amused by "traditionalist" and "innovationist" in the 90s. I think Progressive works, although the opposite isn't so much regressive as it is stick-in-the-mud. The problem, of course, with the use of synergetic binomialism is that one always sounds "bad" to the speaker (depending on her POV). None of them have the same sort of neutral qualities as "Ying/Yang". I liked the one comment over there where the guy says "reasserter = Christian" in a way that totally disenfranchises everyone who might disagree with him. I was kinda amused at “reasserter”. I was equally amused by “traditionalist” and “innovationist” in the 90s. I think Progressive works, although the opposite isn’t so much regressive as it is stick-in-the-mud. The problem, of course, with the use of synergetic binomialism is that one always sounds “bad” to the speaker (depending on her POV). None of them have the same sort of neutral qualities as “Ying/Yang”.

I liked the one comment over there where the guy says “reasserter = Christian” in a way that totally disenfranchises everyone who might disagree with him.

]]> By: Fr. Ernesto http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/28/a-point-of-agreement/#comment-387 Fr. Ernesto Tue, 01 May 2007 15:37:54 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/28/a-point-of-agreement/#comment-387 Sorry, forgot to say that Republicans have been quite successful in making "liberal" into a word on the same level as "fundamentalist." Sorry, forgot to say that Republicans have been quite successful in making “liberal” into a word on the same level as “fundamentalist.”

]]> By: Fr. Ernesto http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/28/a-point-of-agreement/#comment-386 Fr. Ernesto Tue, 01 May 2007 15:36:26 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/28/a-point-of-agreement/#comment-386 Hmm, I had not read of the term "reasserter" before. But I can see why it became necessary to come up with new terminology, as the words "conservative" or "traditionalist" or "biblical" had become much too loaded with inaccurate connotations to allow for their continued use. In passing, "fundamentalist" as a term (though I do use it) is really almost gone as a word for anything other than having a perjorative bad feeling about someone. I probably need to not use it anymore. Hmm,

I had not read of the term “reasserter” before. But I can see why it became necessary to come up with new terminology, as the words “conservative” or “traditionalist” or “biblical” had become much too loaded with inaccurate connotations to allow for their continued use. In passing, “fundamentalist” as a term (though I do use it) is really almost gone as a word for anything other than having a perjorative bad feeling about someone. I probably need to not use it anymore.

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