Althouse: Sometimes when you first hear about something, it's already so obviously overplayed that you can assume it's played out and skip it altogether.

August 15, 2024

Sometimes when you first hear about something, it's already so obviously overplayed that you can assume it's played out and skip it altogether.

See? Haven't I helped you?

28 comments:

tcrosse said...: Althouse demurs.; 8/15/24, 5:32 AM
Temujin said...: Weirdly, this is the same thing that happens to our press. Note the world 'Joy' being used for the Harris campaign, even as they continue to hide. When someone hides from the public eye, 'joy' is not the usual description. Fear, maybe is a better one.; 8/15/24, 5:47 AM
Big Mike said...: 52 years ago, when I met the woman to whom I am married, I would have called her demure. Are there demure women in Gen Z? I haven’t met any.

We are five months away from out Golden Anniversary.; 8/15/24, 5:48 AM
Howard said...: Total Recall ideal woman: Brunette athletic sleazy and demure; 8/15/24, 5:51 AM
Oso Negro said...: It's hard to keep up these days; 8/15/24, 6:01 AM
Political Junkie said...: Congrats Big Mike. Coming up on our 13th.; 8/15/24, 6:06 AM
Political Junkie said...: I know this is very unPC and "Mean Girls", but the Big Blonde Girl in the pictures needs to be more demure around the dinner table.; 8/15/24, 6:14 AM
tim in vermont said...: It's OK, it will be gone in a month or so, and the word will come back to its rightful place in the lexicon of our culture.; 8/15/24, 6:15 AM
Mr. D said...: Prim FTW!; 8/15/24, 6:16 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Internet: Demure vs Demur

Demure is an adjective that means "reserved" or "modest"
Demur is a verb that means "to object" or "to show dissent."

Never underestimate the power of the letter e; 8/15/24, 6:16 AM
rehajm said...: Almost missed that one. Almost…; 8/15/24, 6:25 AM
rhhardin said...: Demure is modesty that sleeps around.; 8/15/24, 6:31 AM
mikee said...: Is demure the opposite of obdurate?; 8/15/24, 7:19 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Influencers gonna influence. But not everyone goes along.; 8/15/24, 7:58 AM
Aggie said...: I think I know what demure looks like, and it ain't 300 pounds.; 8/15/24, 8:07 AM
B. said...: Fat guy claims to be a woman.; 8/15/24, 9:07 AM
Ice Nine said...: Jaysus, that TikTok video is really hard to watch.; 8/15/24, 9:51 AM
Ice Nine said...: The "affectation" angle is new to the definition of "demure."
I do so hate it when pop culture fucks with the meaning of words.; 8/15/24, 9:52 AM
Iman said...: WTF. Horatio Sanz in a wig?!; 8/15/24, 10:49 AM
Iman said...: Quite a milestone. Congratulations!; 8/15/24, 10:51 AM
Fred Drinkwater said...: 40th next year. Though no one has, or ever would, call my wife demure. When I first knew her, she was one of a trio commonly nicknamed "those tough broads".; 8/15/24, 11:52 AM
PM said...: The Stations of the Democrats
1. Fear
2. Depression
3. Hope
4. Confidence
5. Cockiness
6. Audacity
7. Debate.
1. Fear
2. Depression
3. Despondence
4. Despondence
5.Despair; 8/15/24, 1:36 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: How weird.; 8/15/24, 2:09 PM
gadfly said...: Russell Vought, one of the key authors of Project 2025, a right-wing blueprint for a second Trump term, expected . . . help [for]his think tank [in securing] a substantial contribution. For nearly two hours, he talked candidly about his behind-the-scenes work to prepare policy for former President Donald Trump, his expansive views on presidential power, his plans to restrict pornography and immigration, and his complaints that the GOP was too focused on “religious liberty” instead of “Christian nation-ism.”

He said that conservatives should push to have debates over whether to allow mosques to be built in America’s downtowns, and whether Christian immigrants should be prioritized over those of other faiths – ideas that run contrary to First Amendment protections.

“I want to make sure that we can say we are a Christian nation,” Vought added later. “And my viewpoint is mostly that I would probably be Christian nation-ism. That’s pretty close to Christian nationalism because I also believe in nationalism.”

Vought incorrectly defines his Project 2025. First, conservatism is a political and social philosophy that puts a premium on American traditions of republicanism, classical liberalism, and a limited federal government concerning the states, which gets blown away by the destruction of democracy. Project 2025 is unadulterated fascism.

Secondly, why are the fascists hiding behind the term "Christian Nationism" or even "Christian Nationalism?" Whether advocates want to establish a theocracy or to separate the "good guy" Christians from all other minorities, the result will be internal strife as the country moves to authoritarianism.; 8/15/24, 2:37 PM
One Fine Day said...: 9 hours and 5 minutes. You're awfully slow in pushing your appointed Dem talking point Gaddy. Honest question: Have you read the Project 2025 brief? Or are you, like a good Commie, just repeating what you are told to repeat for today's pittance?; 8/15/24, 3:48 PM
tcrosse said...: Althouse offers a demurer demurrer.; 8/15/24, 4:21 PM
Dr.Bunkypotatohead said...: I read a comment elsewhere, that we should consider what information we allow into our brains the same way we consider what food goes into our stomachs.
You wouldn't stuff yourself at an all-you-can-eat junk food buffet.
Yet we consume this Information highway trash all day long.; 8/15/24, 7:14 PM
Patricia Anderson said...: 1) Get ex-boyfriend back
2) Stop divorce.
3) Save dying marriage/relationship
4) Herpes cure..
5) Resolve relationship/marital issues
6) Reclaim Soulmate.
7) Make Ex run after you
8) Return/reunite with Ex
9) Make him committed.
10) Make your ex-husband/wife to love just you

Email robinsonbuckler11@gmail.com; 8/16/24, 1:30 PM