I’m With Drum on This One
Wrote Kevin Drum today:
I would like lead a crusade to forever ban the phrase “speaking truth to power,” especially in academic settings.
Indeed.
It has always struck me as a pretentious turn of phrase that is almost always used in a way that is incorrect (which is certainly true is this context, as Drum notes).
Plus, it ain’t the 1960s anymore folks.
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And they’re not Quakers.
Comment by Dave Schuler — Tuesday, January 18, 2025 @ 6:01 pm
Word to your mother!
Comment by Eric Lindholm — Wednesday, January 19, 2025 @ 8:43 am