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Tag Archives: dogmatism
Jack Layton and an end to dogma
Canada’s Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party, passed away yesterday and there was a huge upswell of grief and commiseration expressed. In all the remembrances of the man and in all the accolades sent his way, it’s worth … Continue reading
Posted in People
Tagged aspirations, Canada, commiseration, community, community goals, convictions, dogma, dogmatism, dogmatist, goal, Jack Layton, mutual agreements, NDP, new democratic party, opportunist, politician, remembrances
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Why social media loves dogmatism
Not a day goes by where we don’t see tweets and post headlines telling us “you must” or “you need” and similar dogmatic injunctions. Is it because we like being told what to do? Is it because the authors are … Continue reading
Posted in People, Social media
Tagged dogmatism, easy answers, headlines, ideas, injunctions, Media, online, Social media, statistics, tweets, world hunger
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The peculiar tone of writing rules
Tone is an expression of attitude. It tells people how we feel about something. In writing, it tells the reader how we feel about our subject. Or does it? We usually have two or more feelings about a topic though … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged artists, attitude, brevity, clauses, dogmatism, facetious, mockery, People, perspective, perspectives, rules, writelife, Writers, Writing, writing fiction
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