The silent majority

by frog

I see Peter Dunne reckons he is here for the silent majority. I’m not sure they’re here for him?  I really feel sorry for the silent majority the way everyone presumes to speak on their behalf.

“Our pledge is to bring their voice to the government’s table, and to make sure it is reflected in the government’s decisions,” Mr Dunne said.

Oh well, if Dunne gets it wrong at least he can safely know the silent majority he claims to represent won’t be complaining about it.

Incidentally the term silent majority was popularised by Richard Nixon as a way of responding to the vocal criticisms of his Vietnam war policies by peace activists – to argue that lots of people supported his war, they were just being a little bit quiet about it.

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Published in Campaign | Justice & Democracy | Video by frog on Wed, August 13th, 2008   

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