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I was poorly describing how it seems to me not an ideal, I think my description of how situations escalate in those kind of contexts is reasonable.
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For some reason the word is unavailable when it is literally meaningful, yet is readily tossed around for laughs in contexts where it means nothing at all.
Danny Schechter: Inside the Secret War Between Wikileaks and the Pentagon Danny Schechter 2010
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Not really a scalable model but the concept of new experiences in interesting, meaningful contexts is worth examining.
Dean Shareski: Personalization vs. Standardization: It's Tough To Do Both Dean Shareski 2010
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For some reason the word is unavailable when it is literally meaningful, yet is readily tossed around for laughs in contexts where it means nothing at all.
Danny Schechter: Inside the Secret War Between Wikileaks and the Pentagon Danny Schechter 2010
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Although I am moved by the appeal to "even the appearance of impropriety" in contexts like this, I also worry that too often the effect of using such concerns to eliminate this kind of membership for, say, judges, makes it that much harder to move toward an equal playing field.
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Well, I point out your anti-Semitism in contexts having nothing to do with Israel.
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"Queering" or "subverting" in contexts where permits have been issued and "we're all the same really" is the mandatory message is not contradiction enough, and almost always tends to reassure the imagined liberal default, instead of fomenting actual thought-provoking discomfort.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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Contemporary early childhood educators find themselves in contexts that are fundamentally inimical to the time-honored wisdom in our field.
Children, Language, and Literacy: Diverse Learners in Diverse Times « Books « Literacy News 2009
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"Queering" or "subverting" in contexts where permits have been issued and "we're all the same really" is the mandatory message is not contradiction enough, and almost always tends to reassure the imagined liberal default, instead of fomenting actual thought-provoking discomfort.
Minstrel Shows 2010
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I don't really say anything online I would not say offline, but there seems no reason to make my political views so easily discovered in contexts where it might be disadvantageous.
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