It is astonishing how when we say politicians "lie" we usually mean they "stretch the truth" or "fudge facts" or "jump to conclusions" but when we're talking about Trump we really just mean he lieshttps://twitter.com/raju/status/1314734314488201221 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I keep coming back to how we got so used to dismissing political language and euphemism that simply not using it can be seen as 'straight talking honesty' even when the content is 100% untrue (and trivial to demonstrate as such)
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Replying to @Kurzheck
This is my extreme bitterness with Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" and how it in many ways wildly misses the point and has birthed generation after generation of pundits and politicians who also miss the point Hypocritical euphemisms are better than the alternative
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Kurzheck
Like, hypocritical euphemisms are for people who still at least kind of give a shit You dented the fender on your dad's car and you go "Oh... um... there was kind of... an accident" Instead of just going "What dent, motherfucker?!"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Kurzheck
I mean yes I do think the use of softening and distancing language for atrocity is creepy and bad I wish newspapers would not say stupid shit like "Breonna Taylor died in an officer-involved shooting"
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However, that is preferable to reporting that Breonna Taylor wasn't shot and is still alive Or that Breonna Taylor actually grabbed the gun out of the officer's hands and shot herself Or that there is no such person as Breonna Taylor and never has been and it's all a hoax
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