A digression on the word subversive.

I overheard this quote as part of a conversation on another journal. A leftist was criticizing the Republicans for derailing the sovietization of the medical industry, and the words he used were: "The GOP has been as unreasonable and subversive of the spirit of the process as any dictator you should name, and the Democrats should stop pretending they have a good faith partner in government."

I will not discuss the pith of the comment, which is mere lunacy and hyperbole. Instead I will express ...