| | Wernicke's aphasia
Saying is overrated. Intonation, expression, and charisma befuddle
logic and twist minds to weak opinions more correctly termed "moods."
Writing, on the other hand, is underrated. Subtlety, irony, and
metaphors, if you forgive my unparallel structure, and my spelling then
again, can convince subconciously but are grounded within the
substance-containing text. Writing can be dissected for fact or
absorbed for perspective. Somehow, the phrase "Einstein wrote" packs a
certain authoritative punch that "Einstein says" lacks.
And how
do we write? Five hundred hands move over their respective pads and
write "simple columnar epithelium" in apathetic imitation of a shadow
on the wall. We hunch over hunks of twisted metal and plastic to tap
out "lol"s and "=)"s. In essence, we no longer write. We "communicate."
Useless
writing reflects a wasted voice. We no longer care enough to elect a
legitimately representative government. It is enough to deride
decisions verbally, callously, and apathetically watch activists and
political groups duke it out, verbally, callously, for economic and
popular power.
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