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@dreid63 @dreid63.bsky.social · 13 days
“Our rhetoric encourages or discourages. Which is why sports teams chant a version of “I believe we will win.” A whole sector of the progressive/left/whatever…seems to be eternally chanting “I believe we will lose.” This is not something sports teams do, incidentally.” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Futurelithub.com There is a curious and curiously popular habit whereby people edit down the subjective truth in the statement “I am afraid we will lose” to the pseudo-objective declaration “We wi…