Talk:Bien Pensant
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and also to implicitly tie their opponent with the French. The French make a convenient foil due to their opposition to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, and as a way to appeal to nativist sentiment.
This line is conjecture that I believe is inaccurate and not neccessary. Just because the phrase is french does not imply anything about France or even more the particular reason someone might dislike the french. Going the additional distance to imply nativism is really too far. The phrase is used by those on the right instead of using "right thinking" to specifically refer to politically correct thinking, and makes no association between the "bien pensant" idea and the french. In fact, those on the right often refer to there own thinking as "bien pensant" after they have rethought and reasoned away from it. It means unexamined ideas accepted only because of there politically correct appeal. With the text included the definition becomes biased rather than factual, or at least is only discriptive of its use by select individuals.
63.193.151.76 19:57, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
