• Nollij
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    1 month ago

    In all seriousness, language and word choice are a very big part of propaganda and influence. It’s not an accident that we are discussing “death tax” instead of “inheritance tax”, or that you see reports of “looters” vs “survivors/scavengers”.

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      1 month ago

      So true. We’re manipulated daily through the power of words… what to buy/where to buy it, what to wear or eat, who to vote and not vote for, what to think and believe, how to live, now how to die even, etc. We need to open our ears more and really listen to what’s being told to us.

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        1 month ago

        Something I found very eye-opening was the Wikipedia editing guidelines/style guide. Specifically, they had (have?) section on weasel words.

        Once you see these types of manipulations laid out, you start to see them everywhere.