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Re: Help Find A Better WordSean said Sep 15, 2006, 1:41 PM: |
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Another try here at rousing the troops…any interest here in brainstorming a new word for Tribalism Today ? “Stream of consciousness stuff” is okay too….just throw it out there for consideration… |
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Re: Help Find A Better WordBurt [no longer around] said Sep 16, 2006, 5:56 AM: |
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You’re right about Zaadz, Sean. It’s a fun word for most of us. I guess part of my reluctance about “tribalism” stems from my study of Ken Wilber and the Spiral Dynamics crowd. If you’re familiar with them, you may remember that they’ve color-coded stages of consciousness development, starting with beige and passig through purple, red, orange, green, yellow, turquoise and going up to teal, I believe. Tribalism is linked with a fairly low level (red), and even though this would be NEW tribalism, I still feel a need to transcend the term. Hey! Stream of consciousness, right? “Transcendants” or Trannies, for short. Or “The Walkers,” from Quinn’s injunction to just walk away from civilization as it now exists. CollectiveX. OK, you guys take a shot…
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Re: Help Find A Better WordAnn said Sep 16, 2006, 11:34 AM: |
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I like the Trannies… |
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Re: Help Find A Better WordBooner [no longer around] said Sep 16, 2006, 2:48 PM: |
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“Trannie” is slang for trans-sexual… you might not want to go there. |
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Re: Help Find A Better WordBurt [no longer around] said Sep 17, 2006, 7:24 AM: |
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““Trannie” is slang for trans-sexual… you might not want to go there.” Man, I’ve really got my finger on the pulse of popular culture, don’t I? Thanks for the head’s-up, Booner. |
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Re: Help Find A Better WordDrake said Sep 18, 2006, 7:12 AM: |
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I am fond of Walkers because it could also have the connotation of walking gently on the earth or leaving a minimum impact. Plus the memetic history of the idea harkens back to the transcendentalists and the 19th century naturalists. |
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