Not sure it was mentioned in this article, but Hillary’s pretentious remark “willing suspension of disbelief” was not at all original. Some commentators seemed puzzled by the phrase as if it were something new. But it’s a common phrase used to describe what one must do to enjoy reading fiction, all fiction including the best or worst available.
It's funny because that is the EXACT phrase I thought of when Billary pretended to be shocked after Hsu's fugitive status was revealed by the MSM.
“Not sure it was mentioned in this article, but Hillary’s pretentious remark “willing suspension of disbelief” was not at all original. Some commentators seemed puzzled by the phrase as if it were something new. But it’s a common phrase used to describe what one must do to enjoy reading fiction, all fiction including the best or worst available.”
Doesn’t “suspension of disbelief” actually mean she believes the report? Isn’t the phrase supposed to be “suspension of belief” as in reading fiction, you are required to suspend your belief that people cannot fly?
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
PLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT claiming there is anything poetic or faithful about The Hildabeaste. Quite the opposite. So don’t flame me or bomb me with FReep mail :)
The phrase “willing suspension of disbelief” was coined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817.