Re: [Marxism] Christopher Hitchens and Isabel Allende

[RobBollard@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 3/8/2005 10:04:57 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time,
r_chase@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


>
> Rob,
>
> Not to be pedantic but, in your meaning, 'sinister communist politics' is
> not an oxymoron.  It is rather an example of a pleonasm (word redundancy),
> i.e., the use of two or more words which have the same meaning, which is the
> case when one equates 'sinister' (etymologically) and 'communist'
> (politically) with 'left'.
>
> An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongrous words, e.g.,
> 'the little giant', 'her cruel kindness', 'the sinister Stalinist'.
>
> Mr Twitty
>
>

Or tautology, which is what I actually meant.  Which only goes to illustrate
the golden rule.  If you want to be a smart arse, get it right.
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