2004-09-20 21:29 | fche blog politics death of clear language

One of the ways politicians bend a population to their wills is by changing the language of discourse. By associating new meanings with old terms, or inventing new terms, they hope to misuse existing connotations or induce confusion – the very opposite of clear communication. Of course advertisements use the same tricks. They are everywhere.

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