Unco Junto: The Myth of the ‘National Conversation’ | Center for Inquiry
In practical terms “Let’s start a national conversation” often means “People who disagree with me on a specific issue should listen to what I have to say, realize that I’m right, and address it in the way I want.”
…rather than countering the criticism they receive, often fall back the claim that they are only “trying to start a national conversation.” It’s become the lofty, media-savvy equivalent of smugly ending one’s sentence with “I’m just sayin!” This cowardly use of the phrase “national conversation” would be better off retired.
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