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| − | '''Reality-based community''' is an informal term in the United States. In the fall of 2004, the phrase "proud member of the reality-based community" was first used to suggest the commentator's opinions are based more on | + | '''Reality-based community''' is an informal term in the United States. In the fall of 2004, the phrase "proud member of the reality-based community" was first used to suggest the commentator's opinions are based more on observation than on faith, assumption, or ideology. The term has been defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from judicious study of discernible reality." Some commentators have gone as far as to suggest that there is an overarching conflict in society between the reality-based community and the "faith-based community" as a whole. It can be seen as an example of political framing. |
| − | The source of the term is a quotation in an October 17, 2004, '' | + | The source of the term is a quotation in an October 17, 2004, ''The New York Times Magazine'' article by writer Ron Suskind, quoting an unnamed aide to [[George W. Bush]] (later attributed to [[Karl Rove]]<ref>{{citation | last=Danner | first=Mark | date=2007 | contribution=Words in a Time of War: On Rhetoric, Truth and Power | title=What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics | editor-last=Szántó | editor-first=András | editor-link=András Szántó | edition=First | page=17 | publisher=PublicAffairs | isbn=978-1586485603 | quote=... the unnamed official speaking to Suskind is widely known to be none other than the self-same architect of the aircraft-carrier moment, Karl Rove ...}}</ref>): |
| − | {{Bquote|The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." ... "That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."<ref>{{cite news | last=Suskind | first=Ron | + | {{Bquote|The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." ... "That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."<ref>{{cite news | last=Suskind | first=Ron | title=Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush | publisher=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | date=2004-10-17 | issn=0028-7822 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?ex=1255665600&en=890a96189e162076&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland <!-- If the NYT link becomes unavailable, http://thepriceofloyalty.ronsuskind.com/news/archives/000096.html might be a useful substitute --> | accessdate=2007-05-22 }}</ref>}} |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | *[http://www.samefacts.com/ | + | *[http://www.samefacts.com/ "The Reality Based Community" a blog by Mark Kleiman] |
*[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:DlCgYF2MiXcJ:www.magmareport.net/report.html+Facts+beyond+Feelings+and+Evil&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3 Facts beyond Feelings and Evil, the Magma Report] | *[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:DlCgYF2MiXcJ:www.magmareport.net/report.html+Facts+beyond+Feelings+and+Evil&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3 Facts beyond Feelings and Evil, the Magma Report] | ||
* [http://www.churchofreality.org Church of Reality] | * [http://www.churchofreality.org Church of Reality] | ||
[[Category:Political terms]] | [[Category:Political terms]] | ||
Revision as of 09:26, 16 February 2011
Reality-based community is an informal term in the United States. In the fall of 2004, the phrase "proud member of the reality-based community" was first used to suggest the commentator's opinions are based more on observation than on faith, assumption, or ideology. The term has been defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from judicious study of discernible reality." Some commentators have gone as far as to suggest that there is an overarching conflict in society between the reality-based community and the "faith-based community" as a whole. It can be seen as an example of political framing.
The source of the term is a quotation in an October 17, 2004, The New York Times Magazine article by writer Ron Suskind, quoting an unnamed aide to George W. Bush (later attributed to Karl Rove[1]):
The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." ... "That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."[2]
References
- ↑ Danner, Mark (2007), "Words in a Time of War: On Rhetoric, Truth and Power", in Szántó, András (ed.), What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics (First ed.), PublicAffairs, p. 17, ISBN 978-1586485603,
... the unnamed official speaking to Suskind is widely known to be none other than the self-same architect of the aircraft-carrier moment, Karl Rove ...
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