Charlie Stross

RE: https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/116173033360235850

News Flash: Tom Cotton wasn't saying "imminent", it's just that Fox News's talking heads are too illiterate to understand what "immanent" means to a Christian Dominionist like Cotton.

Mar 14 at 8:02pmWeb
Show threadTom ForsythMar 14
@cstross Eminent? :-) Anyway this bunch mix up "excursion" and "incursion", and seem to deliberately conflate their "asylums", so...
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 14
@TomF No, imAnent, with an "A".
Show threadSnoopJMar 14
@cstross @TomF as in the eschaton!
Show threadAlisdair Calder McGregorMar 14
@cstross it's his xitter account though
Show threadMatthew Weier O'PhinneyMar 14
@cstross I think folks like Cotton also use homonyms like this knowing they'll be misinterpreted favorably to his message. Had he said "existential threat", he knew there would have been push back by the interviewer. 🙃
Show threadThe DoctorMar 14
@mwop @cstross "Existential threat" hasn't leaked out of the memesphere of the accelerationists yet.
Show threadToddZ ⓋMar 14

@cstross

TIL:

Show threadarrakeen_urbaniteMar 14
@toddz @cstross Yeah. News to me too
Show threadMedea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 14

@cstross @georgetakei

That whole Bonfire for Armageddon statement still has me squicked.

Show threadDan Drake 🦆Mar 14
Thanks to @cstross I now know what "immanent" means....
Show threadArcadiagt5Mar 14
@cstross Mind you, I just had to look that one up and I admit I’m not sure of the connotations beyond the dictionary definition…
Show threadRiaResistsMar 14
@cstross
I think God’s pissed that these blow-hard « Christians » don’t use their God-given brains.
Show threadJaime RobertsonMar 15
@cstross Cotton is named after what’s between his ears.