2015-03-14 US - Orwellian nation...
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[via Coleen Rowley]
When officials hijack language, there's often a reason! Concocting terms with nicer, kinder, gentler connotations is a basic manipulation tool, a kind of Propaganda 101. Heck, they don't even call it "war" anymore. "Overseas Contingency Plan" sounds a lot nicer. (And LOL, I suppose it fools some people but how can you trust anyone who draws fake eyebrows above their real ones?!)
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[via Coleen Rowley]
When officials hijack language, there's often a reason! Concocting terms with nicer, kinder, gentler connotations is a basic manipulation tool, a kind of Propaganda 101. Heck, they don't even call it "war" anymore. "Overseas Contingency Plan" sounds a lot nicer. (And LOL, I suppose it fools some people but how can you trust anyone who draws fake eyebrows above their real ones?!)
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