# What did Cecil mean by this paragraph?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-cecil-mean-by-this-paragraph/751258>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 5, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-cecil-mean-by-this-paragraph/751258 "2016-04-05T15:14:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-cecil-mean-by-this-paragraph/751258/21 "2016-04-06T23:17:28Z")

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No, it’s the “right-wing losers” part that is a jab.

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-cecil-mean-by-this-paragraph/751258/22 "2016-04-06T23:41:13Z")

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\<fnord\>

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**Author:** ![Mr.NoName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@Mr.NoName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.NoName)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-cecil-mean-by-this-paragraph/751258/23 "2016-04-07T03:09:47Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> No, it’s the “right-wing losers” part that is a jab.

Oh ok, gotcha. Once again sorry for that, I personally don’t have a problem with right wing people and I were just using the phrasing from the original paragraph.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-cecil-mean-by-this-paragraph/751258/24 "2016-04-13T07:57:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Robert Anton Wilson]  
Then I got a hunch, and turned quickly to the advertisements. it was as I expected: no fnords. That was part of the gimmick, too: only in consumption, endless consumption, could they escape the amorphous threat of the invisible fnords.  
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