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Orgies of high-mindedness like the Volunteer Summit--four presidents, Colin Powell, the networks, celebrities, corporations, foundations, all huffing and puffing in Philadelphia--are a cheap target for knee-jerk iconoclasm.
The latter is unearned and knee-jerk: "They're all a bunch of crooks."
Rather than showing real concern for the impact of camera-toting hordes or knee-jerk irreverence, I think the books are dispensing garden-variety flattery, making you feel superior to the next guy on the museum ticket line.
Any restrictive tampering with language in America immediately prompts a knee-jerk reaction invoking the First Amendment, which it would not be inappropriate to quote here:
The emphasis on trends leads to a knee-jerk over-reliance on ingredients that happen to be fashionable right now, such as cumin and coconut milk.