nah, naming on its own means little, or else we'd all be very impressed by the freedoms of the democratic people's republic of korea
mm having thought about it more I can find examples in either direction, but shouldn't discount the importance of...
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...names insomuch as the purpose of propaganda ("low" propaganda? many scenarios in which I'd want to propagandize to...
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...a group other than "the masses") is to convince it's target. eg the "call the alt-right nazis!!" frenzy lefty media gets...
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...into which sends its readers into signalling fits. or the shift from "global warming" to "climate change" (interestingly...
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...I've seen this retconned by credulists as being done by their side because it was "more accurate" but it was literally...
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...invented by a GOP spin doctor named frank luntz). otoh strongest counterexample is euphemism treadmill: eg...
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..."genocide" sounds bad but "ethnic cleansing" sounds downright macabre because of the dissonance between connotation and...
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... denotation. also reclaimed insults like "queer", "shitlord", "deplorable" becoming badges of pride. anyway I'm rambling
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yes but it was a good ramble, I fully agree with it
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