| Indeed. And, let's face it, these things stick. It is kind of the Seinfeld principle. Catch phrases have a way of worming their way into our heads. And people are quick to adopt them without much thought to their true meaning.
I would posit that the recent name attachments have a lot to do with Obama's popular and strong Internet marketing/campaign strategy. It was not a huge leap to associate Obama supporters on the Internet to the Star Wars kid, you know?
Unfortunate this is. Now, matters are worse.
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The natural unintended meaning of any abstract, symbolic language is rhubarb. |