(the 300 post I’d rather not be writing, thank you very much)
geumatophobia n: morbid dislike of taste.
ideophobia n: morbid dislike of ideas.
There’s been a lot of both on display in the great 300 stoush that’s been fought out in the blogosphere, and the MSM, over the past week or two. On one side the film has been panned because:
- It’s historically inaccurate.
- It’s distasteful.
- It’s fascist.
In response, those who like the film say:
- Get real, it’s only a movie.
- Youse lot are all intellectual snobs.
- Godwin’s Law, Godwin’s Law, Godwin’s Law!
Continue reading ‘Words of the Day: Geumatophobia, Ideophobia’

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