[FRIAM] civil war(s)

[Roger Critchlow]

That's because you think politics is essentially deceitful?

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On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 1:59 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always thought the metaphor was to a web of deceit.
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Roger Critchlow
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> On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 3:34 PM Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm>
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> schisms might be a better metaphor than civil war.
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> you are correct that there is, and always has been, "churn" among factions
> within both parties and any significance given to a particular instance of
> that churn e.g GOPS taking committee assignments away from a flake or the
> Nevada state party instance — originate in the mind of the one pointing at
> the event rather than intrinsic to the event itself. One reason that I find
> most political headlines to be examples of wishful thinking rather than
> communicators of significance.
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> Second that, it's why they call it spin, cause it makes your head spin if
> you pay too much attention.
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