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What FISA capitulations are Democrats planning next?
The imminent FISA debate implicates every critical issue of constitutional protections, checks and balances and the rule of law.
Glenn Greenwald [2007-10-09]

  • Salonista

    Warning, going way off topic.

    So what exactly is Salonista supposed to mean other than being intended as a slur.

    Is it the liberal counterpoint to dittoheads? Except that dittoheads like to be called dittoheads, they like not having to think and are proud of it. Is it a reference to communists or socialists? Except that I think the cold war and undermining socialist regimes in South America, we are a little past. We've moved onto the fight the terrorists over there so we don't have to fight them over here schtik.

    So I looked up salon in the dictionary and found a definition for salon: "a gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction". So who knows maybe Salonista is a actually a compliment. Being called socially and intellectually distinctive is ok with me.

    So if someone believes they are using the term Salonista as a slur, does that infer they hate intellectuals? Is the opposite of a Salonista a knuckle-dragger?

    If you made it this far, see I warned you - way off topic.

    -- sajwan
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    Tuesday, October 9, 2007 01:35 PM
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