An attempt to develop a public service blog to analyze and discuss the current developments in the greater Middle East as it joins (possibly) the host of other liberalizing regions of the Third Wave of Democratization.
Monday, February 21, 2011
The Birth of a Term . . . "Day of Rage"
There are a lot of terms being bandied about during the current dramas that, for lack of a better description, have great propaganda value. One of them is the phrase "Day of Rage" - I can't help thinking of Days of Thunder every time I hear it, by the way, which is sophomoric, but nonetheless true. Regardless, earlier today, while working on my still-not-quite-up-to-date timeline spreadsheet of the disruptions (I'll post it on here as soon as it is something close to useful) I came upon this article on MSNBC by Petra Cahill explaining the (possible) roots of the concept, I decided it should definitely be shared - I like the fact that there is this sense that the concept is domestic and/or traditional when it is imported and, frankly, pretty new.
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