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IHT sees the light on French student protests | 21 comments (21 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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Editorial suggestion: I think it would be better if you give a hint that Pfaff suddenly, and unexpectedly, changes his tone at the very beginning of the article. Many readers would only read your first few lines.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 09:43:54 AM EST

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I see some of your first commenters on DKos were of the knee-jerk type...

...so I strongly suggest to re-write the first sentence of your DKos diary.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 09:46:34 AM EST
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Re: IHT sees the light on French student protests (4.00 / 3)

Some of the first commenters on dKos are always the knee-jerk types. And some of the second commenters, and the third...

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 09:52:33 AM EST
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They're not that bad. To be fair to Kos it is still lefty-ish.

For some real carnage Jerome could try crossposting to Red State or Free Republic.

I'd very possibly pay to see that. ;-)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 10:18:31 AM EST
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One can be lefty and still knee-jerk. There's a bit too little thoughtfulness over there for my taste.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 10:23:11 AM EST
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Is too little thoughtfulness the same as too much thoughtlessness?

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guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 10:41:05 AM EST
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Are you not sure that my answer to that question would not put me at risk of perhaps possibly drinking Kool-Aid?

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 10:45:08 AM EST
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... or being accused thereof?

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 10:45:30 AM EST
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I agree, it would probably help some readers to have a signal that this is going somewhere surprising. The title of the diary should be that, but not everyone will get it.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 09:55:23 AM EST
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Clearly, since the NYT is "liberal" and hence "pro-French", so "seeing the light" must mean that they realize France is doomed.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 10:06:12 AM EST
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What, you mean it's not doomed?

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 10:16:08 AM EST
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IHT sees the light on French student protests | 21 comments (21 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)