another<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0unprincipled politician.”<\/p>\nAccording to Freud, slips of the tongue reveal a \u2018source outside the speech’; a manifestation of the unconscious, guided by the super-ego and the rules of correct behaviour.<\/p>\n
The use of the word ‘another’ is a rather damning Freudian slip of the tongue. The definition of Another: being\u00a0one\u00a0more\u00a0or\u00a0more\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0same;\u00a0further;\u00a0additional.<\/p>\n
The Liberal statement does not just say, or stop at saying, that Conservative leader John Cummins is unprincipled.<\/p>\n
In the use of ‘another’ the Liberals are stating that BC politics already contains at least one unprincipled politician. Indeed the context and usage of ‘another’ in “Just what we need, another<\/em><\/strong> unprincipled politician.” suggests that BC politics is infested with ‘unprincipled politicians’.<\/p>\nIn fact “Just what we need, another<\/em><\/strong> unprincipled politician.” can be read as a statement that all or nearly all of BC’s politicians are ‘unprincipled’.<\/p>\nIs the statement “Just what we need, another<\/em><\/strong> unprincipled politician.” a manifestation of an unconscious acknowledgement by the BC Liberals that the behaviour of the BC Liberals and the BC NDP has been, is and will continue to be ‘unprincipled’?<\/p>\nIs “Just what we need<\/em><\/strong>, another unprincipled politician.” an honest (being subconscious) statement that the only way out of the increasing quagmire BC is in is to turn out our current politicians with their unprincipled behaviour and to seek out new principled<\/strong> leadership and representation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Listening to the BC Liberal’s radio attack ad on BC Conservative leader John Cummins\u00a0what struck me\u00a0was the use of the phrase \u00a0“Just what we need,another\u00a0unprincipled politician.” According to Freud, slips of the tongue reveal a \u2018source outside the speech’; a manifestation of the unconscious, guided by the super-ego and the rules of correct behaviour. The use of the word ‘another’ is a rather damning Freudian slip of the tongue. The definition of Another: being\u00a0one\u00a0more\u00a0or\u00a0more\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0same;\u00a0further;\u00a0additional. The Liberal statement does not just say, or stop at saying, that Conservative leader John Cummins is unprincipled. In the use of ‘another’ the Liberals are stating that BC politics already contains at least one unprincipled politician. Indeed the context and usage of ‘another’ in “Just what we need, another unprincipled politician.” suggests that BC politics is infested with ‘unprincipled politicians’. In fact “Just what we need, another unprincipled politician.” can be read as a statement that all or nearly all of BC’s politicians are ‘unprincipled’. Is the statement “Just what we need, another unprincipled politician.” a manifestation of an unconscious acknowledgement by the BC Liberals that the behaviour of the BC Liberals and the BC NDP has been, is and will continue to be ‘unprincipled’? Is “Just what we need, another unprincipled politician.” an honest (being subconscious) statement that the only way out of the increasing quagmire BC is in is to turn out our current politicians with their unprincipled behaviour and to seek out new principled leadership and representation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caveat-emptor","category-provincial"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>Listening to the BC Liberal’s radio attack ad on BC Conservative leader John Cummins\u00a0what struck me\u00a0was the use of the phrase \u00a0“Just what we need,another<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0unprincipled politician.”<\/p>\n