From the article and I like his definition of the word Folks: The American mind is swimming in icy waters, and the worst example of its shrinkage is not so nauseating and troubling because of what was said, but who said it. President Obama—a two-time ivy league graduate—told an audience in Milwaukee, “Folks”—the popular usage of this word is in itself evidence of America’s lowering standards of rhetoric and thinking, masquerading as populism—“Folks can make a lot more (money), with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might make with art history.” Obama delivered his remarks with a smirk and a chuckle, as the audience laughed with him, as if the amusement of someone studying the Renaissance goes without saying. The President later wrote a letter of apology to a prominent art historian, saying “Let me apologize for my off-the-cuff remarks. I was making a point about the jobs market, not the value of art history. As it so happens, art history was one of my favorite subjects in high school, and it has helped me take in a great deal of joy in my life that I might otherwise have missed.”
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:29:49 +0000
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