tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post4873587706982569943..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Off BaseDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1233949177318814722008-08-17T22:39:00.000-07:002008-08-17T22:39:00.000-07:00To be honest, I was more outraged by her misuse of...To be honest, I was more outraged by her misuse of the word "veritable" ("Nor do they prosecute — or even discourage — people running veritable businesses selling stuff on the sidewalks" -- if these are real, genuine businesses, why is someone from the purportedly pro-business NRO bitching about them?) than all of the other nonsense. Although nothing has ever made me realize Dalits' dislike of Gandhi's term "Harijan" as much as Schiffren's reference to the "ungrateful illegals" as "children of God." Even if Gandhi didn't intend the phrase patronizingly, it certainly comes across that way from some people.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com