Radicalism of reading

[Greg Montalbano]

>Joshua A Fruhlinger sez
>
>>Oh, sir, do not forget Ebonics, the language of the downtrodden and those
>>without educational 'tunities, in an endless search for political and
>>social legitimacy, a march for lingual secession that no doubt makes
>>Linguistics majors croak and moan in the name of structure.
>
>Actually, professional linguists have been making a considerable effort 
>to educate foax like yourself, and get them to quit repeating this cheap 
>pop-political jive.
>
>
>Cheers,
>David

Not to reopen old wounds -- or threads (Ebonics: threat or menace?) --
but the point of the exchange between me & Joshua was more in line with the
current "propaganda/lame media" thread:  the whole Ebonics embroglio wasn't
ABOUT Ebonics -- it was about the newsmedia purposely presenting the subject
in a false, inflammatory light to stir up as much controversy (& sell as
many papers & as much commercial time) as possible.

Hoping you are the same...
~G~