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This kind of attitude reminds me of the old just-after-9/11 anti-idiotarian movement, where people spent a bunch of time “Fisking” Noam Chomsky and somehow let torture, warrantless wiretapping and unnecessary wars slip by.
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And anyone who can author a blog with a subtitle : Partially sprawling adventures of a culturally hegomonic anti-idiotarian functional-structuralist and anti-collectivist imperialist, among the smugly dreaming self-satisfied Prius-driving lizadroid-Leftbat Californoodlian Eco-Tofuistas.
Tolerance and Acceptance Zoe Brain 2005
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Perry, chief anti-idiotarian at the Libertarian Samizdata was then compelled to reply to the previous reader comments on LGF, and as usual his commentary is far more high-brow than yours truly:
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Similarly, anti-idiotarian is a terrific useful word.
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That's why I liked Anil's anti-idiotarian post so much... dismissive terms like that, and things like Sullivan's "Sontag Awards" where he just quotes and puts a sarcastic label on it, expecting whatever negative traits he finds to be self-evident, contribute nothing to a discussion that requires nuance.
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Not arguing political points, but for me, personally, when I read the words 'anti-idiotarian', 'warblogger/warblogging' and 'fisking' on any web site, my eyes glaze over and my attention fades.
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Eric S. Raymond's weblog has a draft of an anti-idiotarian manifesto.
October 17th, 2002 2002
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Since I'm very concerned about politeness to those I disagree with, maybe I could write about my ideas without dropping an "anti-idiotarian" firebomb.
Planet Twisted 2009
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Still, even now, I think the anti-idiotarian cause is a good one.
Classical Values 2009
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The movement strikes me as inherently anti-idiotarian in nature.
Classical Values 2009
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