Dameon Fowler

“The reader brings to the work personality traits, memories of past events, present needs and preoccupations, a particular mood of the moment and a particular physical condition. These and many other elements in a never-to-be-duplicated combination determine his response to the text.”
― Louise Rosenblatt, Making Meaning with Texts: Selected Essays

“One reason why North Korea is unable to pursue reform and open itself more to the world is that this would risk exposing core dogmas of the state as mere fabrications.”
― Jang Jin-sung, Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime

“What is that additional element? “Stupid” is not just “ignorant.” It is “ignorant” PLUS “arrogant.” Stupid people are ignorant people who are also arrogant about their ignorance.”
― Scott McMurrey, Scum America: The Stupid Factor

“So let’s just make a short list of the things the Constitution isn’t: • It isn’t an excuse to dump on people you don’t like • It isn’t carte blanche for the President to do whatever he or she likes, even if you happen to approve of whatever that is • It isn’t divinely ordained • It isn’t a vindication of “states rights” to infringe human rights • It isn’t written in stone or it wouldn’t allow for amendments • It isn’t protection of any one group’s “heritage” at the expense any other group’s • It isn’t a bulwark against immigration • It isn’t a defense of any one religious group over any other”
― Scott McMurrey, Scum America: The Stupid Factor