Like a hammer, language has great utility as a weapon. Language can be used to effectively change people's behavior in all sorts of ways: it has weapon-like characteristics. The solution may be to contextualize language to defuse its potential as a tool to inflict harm.
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the medium is the massacre
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You should check out JL Austin’s “How to Do Things with Words.” You may find his idea of “speech acts” interesting.
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Why so? The good intent in cooking is assumed but largely concealed until output. Only once ingested could the recipient judge for themselves. Language has volume and meaning as soon as it’s uttered. Digestion often not necessary to render sound judgment. More obvious.
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by that analogy, would you consider toxic messages/misleading news akin to food poisoning?
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Clearly you never watched Under Siege
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on the other hand, the entire advertising industry, the profession of political speechwriter, etc. Not to mention the legal profession, who are almost exactly language-mercenaries.
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Um... lying is a thing. Is that not "weaponized" language?
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the internet is a communication network but we still have "cyber warfare"
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