"The weirdest thing about that website is their insistence that students shouldn't learn words "in context", but rather should stop and look up every word they don't know while they're reading."
"This is like the time when Nick got mad at the American feminists for not suddenly taking up arms for his anti-prostitution-in-poor-countries crusade.
A lot of his "calls to action" like this seem to be based on the underlying assumption that all the issues that affect one poor/non-white/oppressed/marginalized/female community affect, and should be addressed by all members of, the others."
"Hahahah, this ended up posted as celeb gossip on [community.livejournal.com] (I'm embarrassed to admit I saw it there, but it was just too good not to share.)
Way to start an internet rumour, Defamer!"
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