American exceptionalizm?

[Tom Zurinskas]

Let's just call it an "izm".  Viewed each through a different prizm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUgbVzjQMBk

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk


 
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> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > the weakness of working-class radicalism in the United States.
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> > so little  Marxist agitation in the United States.
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> But, don't both of these make essentially the same point, given that,
> when the deal goes down, "working-class radicalism" and "Marxist
> agitation" have essentially the same acceptation in the United States?
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> -Wilson
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