Open Mouth, Insert Richochet Insult
I have selected to place this post under the category of, "politics", only because we have not created an "adolescent behavior" category option to date.
In a story that reminds me of how my brother-in-law recently decried the possibility of a President named Mitt, or Newt as unacceptable because the name is weird, another liberal goes down the 'Republican candidate with a funny name' avenue in attempt to score political advantage. This time the author chose one argument too many when she includes the Urban Dictionary.com definition for Fred, only to have Taranto [Better Fred Than Dead] throw back at her the same source's definition for the writer's name, Monica.
So what's in name? And whatever happened to the push for diversity? Does diversity not apply to names, or Republicans?
Sure, some names sound weirder than others, if you strain to take notice. But, then again maybe this year only the Republican candidates have distinctive names; maybe not. I long ago stopped taking notice of such things, and not just because my father and brother are named Kermit, or that my grandfathers were named Leroy and Howard; but because when I grew up the important things came more in focus. The contributions of folk named Plato, Copernicus, Albert, Abraham etc. are more important than are the vibrations associated with the pronunciation of their names. The same is true of those luminaries named Isaac, Ronald, Winston, Franklin, and so on.
The arguments made by this girl Hesse could be made for any name. Exaggerate the "B" and rush through the "ill" and even "Bill" sounds goofy. Especially if you are stoned, which may have been her state when she wrote her drivel. I think what Monica (snicker, snicker, he, he) is guilty is what I have come to call, Haight Speech.
Haight Speech:
-noun
1) speech that attacks America based on the counter culture values characteristic of 1960's American youth.
2) speech based on the assumption that traditional American values are wrong dude.
3) the form of utterance characteristic of the self medicating individual.
4) speech which pretends profundity but is of an adolescent nature delivered by someone who should be old enough to know better.
