Less Ordinary

I am irritated by (mostly) politicians and (also) media-types referring to "ordinary people". I don't mind being a regular, normal, ordinary chap, but when they wield it, the phrase comes with the patronising implication that they are somehow better than ordinary. And as we have seen for a long time and especially in recent years, many politicians in particular and journalists in general tend to range from 'ordinary' downwards. I log occurrences here and send offenders a postcard.

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Monday, 9 March 2015

#8 David Graeber

Mr Graeber is described in Wikipedia as "an American anthropologist, author, anarchist and activist, who is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics". He is currently presenting a series of talks on BBC Radio 4 entitled Promises, Promises: A History of Debt.
In episode 6 of 10, The Medieval Period, The Phrase was deployed.
Image from Wikipedia.