tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post4982558946593829162..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: Rightwing Media Insists Elena Kagan is Hugo ChavezWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-30632615228546818782010-05-20T12:03:56.360-05:002010-05-20T12:03:56.360-05:00"President Obama's nominee for the Suprem..."President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, argued certain forms of speech that promote 'racial or gender inequality' could be "disappeared.'"<br /><br />Never mind that it's not an actual quote (she uses "disappearance"). <br /><br />But using "disappeared" as an active verb like that has such sinister undertones... It sounds like something from <i>Catch-22</i>. <br /><br />It is in fact. Some government agents show up and "disappear" Yossarian's friend Dunbar for complaining too loudly about the number of missions they have to fly. He's not seen again.<br /><br />Definitely sinister, and definitely, to my mind, done for the Orwellian overtones.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08850875635947742253noreply@blogger.com