tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post2993095967255948532..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: OverheardMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-22841510384845523812010-01-08T09:03:36.309-06:002010-01-08T09:03:36.309-06:00Bardiac, this conversation must’ve been looking ah...Bardiac, this conversation must’ve been looking ahead, to the coming semester. Lots of snow now.<br /><br />Daughter Number Three, thanks for pointing out what’s happened to the word “hippie” in that student’s question (and more generally). I was so attuned to the self-consciousness in the question that it didn’t occur to me to think “What if you did? What’s wrong with that?”Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-50647196134162391702010-01-07T21:55:31.158-06:002010-01-07T21:55:31.158-06:00The fear of being seen as a "hippie" is ...The fear of being seen as a "hippie" is similar to the fear of being seen as a feminist. Interesting how two of the most transformative political movements of the 1960s have become near-expletives. Funny how the left is said to have all the verbal power (e.g., "political correctness").Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-7228419832952396802010-01-07T19:18:55.893-06:002010-01-07T19:18:55.893-06:00Up here in serious snow country, we'd say, &qu...Up here in serious snow country, we'd say, "wow, that person's brave and tough" with great admiration!Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.com