I have been reading and supporting your writings for some time. And the idea that people should be critical thinkers is spot on. However, the one key to getting real communication happening between people is knowing what the words being said actually mean. A key action of the left is to redefine words so when 2 people talk about "vaccines" eg, they are actually talking about 2 different things. Vaccines were redefined to fit the vested interests use. Democracy is currently being bludgeoned to the point no one knows what it is. If a person is a logical, critical thinker, and was certain as to the meaning of words, they would get the other person to define their terms until there was agreement as to what is meant, as per Voltaire and many other Super smart Scottish educators who educated our Founding Fathers. The definition of words is the key to bringing about understanding and agreement amongst Americans. I would like to share several sources which make this point but this is not the place. If you are interested I could send it to a specific inbox.
Terry: I agree. The Left is masterful in word manipulation (e.g., making bad things appear to be good). I wrote a whole paper on that. A good example is "wind farm." Their intent is to make an industrial complex seem bucolic, pastoral. Further the only thing being fsarmed is subsidies... You have my email, so send me what you have in mind...
VS: Thank you for the support. I'd consider your suggestion if it could be made to be minimal time.
Thinking about it, some of the material is videos or links to them. Maybe there is a more appropriate option that a regular book that would include these?
I have been reading and supporting your writings for some time. And the idea that people should be critical thinkers is spot on. However, the one key to getting real communication happening between people is knowing what the words being said actually mean. A key action of the left is to redefine words so when 2 people talk about "vaccines" eg, they are actually talking about 2 different things. Vaccines were redefined to fit the vested interests use. Democracy is currently being bludgeoned to the point no one knows what it is. If a person is a logical, critical thinker, and was certain as to the meaning of words, they would get the other person to define their terms until there was agreement as to what is meant, as per Voltaire and many other Super smart Scottish educators who educated our Founding Fathers. The definition of words is the key to bringing about understanding and agreement amongst Americans. I would like to share several sources which make this point but this is not the place. If you are interested I could send it to a specific inbox.
Terry: I agree. The Left is masterful in word manipulation (e.g., making bad things appear to be good). I wrote a whole paper on that. A good example is "wind farm." Their intent is to make an industrial complex seem bucolic, pastoral. Further the only thing being fsarmed is subsidies... You have my email, so send me what you have in mind...
This is a super collection and review which I have saved along with John's other emails!!
Hugh Kendrick
Hugh: Thank you!
In an e-mail message I thanked John for organizing these papers, and urged him to collect them into a book, if he has the time and energy to do it.
Is there an editor among our correspondents who could and would do it? Self publishing on Amazon is free, except for getting an ISBN.
It should sit on every parent's bookshelf, beside "A Nation at Risk."
VS: Thank you for the support. I'd consider your suggestion if it could be made to be minimal time.
Thinking about it, some of the material is videos or links to them. Maybe there is a more appropriate option that a regular book that would include these?