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WORD FOR THE DAY: CORYBANTIC
wordsmith.org | 8/30/17

Posted on 08/29/2017 8:53:09 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

CORYBANTIC (kor-i-BAN-tik)

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adjective

Wild; frenzied; uncontrolled.

An eponymn named for Corybant, an ancient priest of Phrygian goddess Cybele, who performed wild ecstatic dances in her worship.

"The radio is nothing but a conduit through which pre-fabricated din can flow into our homes. And this din goes far deeper, of course, than the eardrums. It penetrates the mind, filling it with a babble of distractions, blasts of corybantic or sentimental music, continually repeated doses of drama that bring no catharsis, but usually create a craving for daily or even hourly emotional enemas." Aldous Huxley; On Silence; 1946.


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To: Louis Foxwell

Here Ya go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdSbslk2XvE


21 posted on 08/30/2017 8:38:38 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Antifa incorporate both the corybantic zeal and Rachel Corrie-antics of the near-homonym Intifada movement in the Middle East — essentially, just another face on the same die…


22 posted on 08/30/2017 9:32:43 AM PDT by mikrofon (Wordsmith Wednesday BUMP)
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To: mikrofon

This is important insight. The root of antifada is ISIS. They are of the same character and have the same ambition. They seek the destruction of genteel culture.
The transition from street demonstration to acts of terrorism is a small step. Ayers and the Weather Underground demonstrated this.
Obama will almost certainly become ensnared in the ensuing violence. The Democrat party will be submerged by Antifa.
Trump has brilliantly goaded the NeverTrump crowd to become aligned with Communist activism. He appears vulnerable. His enemies overestimate their superiority. They are made fools, again and again.


23 posted on 08/30/2017 11:46:10 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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