Language: The Appearance of Thought

Lea 2022-03-25 09:01:11

Frankly speaking, there are a lot of things that I don't like to see in the film, but there are still many things that have taught me. For example, TOLSON can use his politics as his own business and try not to affect the students, which is different from the practice of the great communists in the country who bewitched the students to rush to the street to face the bayonet; After seeing the compatriots being burned, they were still promiscuous and drunk, and even got angry. BOOKE led to the shattering of the winning streak. Such characters have not been beaten by morality and have been respected enough....

All along, the power of ambly-sighted language , and despise unnecessary verbal disputes, so they have reservations about debating with others and debating competitions. Qiu said: The words of the old man are very bright, but this old man's words have a great influence on a culture's character tendency. But is this really the case, is it good to be harmonious and peaceful without fighting?

First, the meaning of the debate should be easily respected again. The discussion on the truth standard after Lao Mao's death was praised by the mainstream media as high and high, and the great significance recognized by the mainstream media should be acceptable to ordinary people. Nature has too many laws, human beings have too many civilizations, are so many knowledge rules and famous sayings that can be copied and used all over the world? Not to mention, there are some places where it is not needed at all, just like whether or not to walk a hundred steps after a meal will definitely not use Marx's labor theory of value; what's more, some laws (or expressions of laws) are contradictory, such as A: silence It is gold, and the truth of B becomes clearer and clearer. Therefore, it is necessary to compare, compare, and then come out what is true, and these truths are suitable for which occasions and which situations, but not for which situations and which people.

People do not deny the significance of ideological dialectics, but they may not despise such quarrels as debates. Everyone thinks that the truth can speak for itself, and there is no need to speak up. Besides, if he wins a quarrel, does it mean that the truth is in him? The fake may also win for a while, just like those stupid advertisements and pyramid schemes. But without a medium, without a form of expression, how can ideas be expressed? Telepathy? Children will not be able to suddenly see a mirror like Hui Neng, and people will become confused when they grow up and accept too many things. Words, words, and of course actions are all necessary. Some people say: Unpublished thoughts are like trees that fall quietly in a virgin forest, no one knows about them. There is a need for interaction between people, and in addition to violence, there are also ideological roles mediated by words, pictures, and sounds.

Therefore, debate should be revisited, and the art and technique of debate should be studied, and how to make it more meaningful. By studying the means to see through people with ulterior motives, if someone wants others to bow their heads and listen like a thousand horses, then there will always be some people who will find a way in this darkness.

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  • Melvin B. Tolson: Take the meanest, most restless nigger. Strip him of his clothes in front of the remaining male niggers, female niggers, and nigger infants, tar and feather him, tie each leg to a horse facing an opposite direction, set him on fire, and beat both horses until they tear him apart in front of male, female and nigger infants. Bullwhip and beat the remaining nigger males within an inch of their life. Do not kill them but put the fear of God in them, for they can be useful for future breeding. Anybody know who Willie Lynch was? Anybody? Raise your hand. No one? He was a vicious slave owner in the West Indies. The slave-masters in the colony of Virginia were having trouble controlling their slaves, so they sent for Mr. Lynch to teach them his methods. The word "lynching" came from his last name. His methods were very simple, but they were diabolical. Keep the slave physically strong but psychologically weak and dependent on the slave master. Keep the body, take the mind.

  • Henry Lowe: School's the only place you can read all day. Except prison.