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A quotation from La Bruyere

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

[L’on doit se taire sur les puissants: il y a presque toujours de la flatterie à en dire du bien; il y a du péril à en dire du mal pendant qu’ils vivent, et de la lâcheté quand ils sont morts.]

Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696) French essayist, moralist
The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 9 “Of the Great [Des Grands],” § 56 (9.56) (1688) [tr. Stewart (1970)]

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The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 9 "Of the Great [Des Grands]," § 56 (9.56) (1688) [tr. Stewart (1970)] - La Bruyere, Jean de | WIST Quotations

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. [L'on doit se taire sur les puissants: il y a presque toujours...

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Death toll in blast at Pakistan rally to mark prophet birthday rises to 52

The death toll from a suspected suicide bomb blast at a procession to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has climb...#aljazeeralive #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AlJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #aljazeeralatest #latestnews #newsheadlines #aljazeeravideo #Pakistan #Powerful‘suicidebomb
Death toll in blast at Pakistan rally to mark prophet birthday rises to 52

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Are You Using #Gaslight Correctly? One #rule of thumb can help determine whether the word is being diluted.

source: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/are-you-using-gaslight-correctly/629522/

A good rule of thumb in testing whether the word is being used correctly is to ask yourself if the supposed gaslighter is in a position of power. If not, it’s difficult to imagine a situation where gaslighting is really happening—just like it’s difficult to imagine Black Lives Matter activists, who are dedicated to acting on behalf of the powerless and vulnerable, engaging in gaslighting the American public. Unless it’s serving the interests of the #powerful, gaslighting just doesn’t ring true. I wanted to express that idea in this Thursday clue: “Methodically manipulate someone with less power into questioning their own perception of reality.”

#news #society #internet #communication #manipulation

Are You Using 'Gaslight' Correctly?

One rule of thumb can help determine whether the word is being diluted.

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What took them so long? New York Times, Guardian finally call for Assange’s freedom

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/11/29/pers-n29.html

The editors of the #Guardian, #NYTimes etc. finally speak up for #JulianAssange -- weasel words and 10 years late. Ten years after the Guardian made #public #WikiLeaks' #secret #password and launched a #campaign of #vilification against a #truthteller. The #movement in #Assange’s #defense must be based on the #international #working-class, a #force more #powerful than all of the #governments, #intelligence-agencies and #corporations combined.

#whattookthemsolong #media #biden #dropthecharges #journalism #freepress #publishers #journalismisnotacrime #freeassange #freespeech #weareallassange #publishingisnotacrime

What took them so long? New York Times, Guardian finally call for Assange’s freedom

Ten years after Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange was forced to seek refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and three years after he was arrested and subjected to solitary confinement, the editors and publishers of the <em>New York...

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