The reversal of the concept of elitist shows the heart of ignorance and fear of intellectual superiority. I am constantly shocked at the attitude of the folks in the ultra-red suburban Texas county in which I in who have lived only here all their lives and while never having experienced anyplace different, assume that their knowledge and outlook of the world is supreme. Snyder's call for thinking and speaking in one's own UNIQUE language echoes Orwell's (and many other liberation-minded teachers). The difficult process of constructing of one's own thoughts in precise, non-parroted language consequentially and clearly reveals the contradictions living within those thoughts to oneself and others. Hell of a reading list!
The reversal of the concept of elitist shows the heart of ignorance and fear of intellectual superiority. I am constantly shocked at the attitude of the folks in the ultra-red suburban Texas county in which I in who have lived only here all their lives and while never having experienced anyplace different, assume that their knowledge and outlook of the world is supreme. Snyder's call for thinking and speaking in one's own UNIQUE language echoes Orwell's (and many other liberation-minded teachers). The difficult process of constructing of one's own thoughts in precise, non-parroted language consequentially and clearly reveals the contradictions living within those thoughts to oneself and others. Hell of a reading list!
One reading of this is don’t parrot language. Another is don’t self-censor.