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On both sides, this peculiar idea that pleasure is simple, however, is not an element of the text, it is not a naïve residue; it does not depend on a logic of understanding and on sensation; it is a drift, something both revolutionary and asocial, and it cannot be taken over by any collectivity, any mentality, any ideolect.
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“I certainly don’t write legal documents in whatever ideolect I grew up speaking...”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Hisself, My Son, and a Thought About Prescriptivism: 2009
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I certainly don’t write legal documents in whatever ideolect I grew up speaking, nor do I make legal arguments or give presentations with the accent I spoke as a child.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Hisself, My Son, and a Thought About Prescriptivism: 2009
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They’re not written in an ideolect that ANYONE actually speaks.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Hisself, My Son, and a Thought About Prescriptivism: 2009
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