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OK, I object to the misuse of the term "cynic."

http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/in-praise-of-th...

Cynics would point to the very things Scalzi does.



For better or worse, the word "cynic" has changed meaning over time. My usage matches definition #1 here:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cynic?r=75&src=re...


That matters not to Cynics and is only proof of the very corruption we mock.


There's something ironic about a cynic, in the classic sense of "question everything and undermine assertions", protesting the corruption of his own self-declared title. ;-)


The Ironics are a different school of thought.




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