it's a disguise, basically. Provides what we call "apparent cover", which works fine until you make a spectacle of yourself
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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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