Tag Archive 'Linguistics'

Maybe liberals need a linguist’s help to hide what they’re saying, not to promote it

on Mar 03 2010 | Filed under: Law

I found the following paragraph, culled from the San Francisco Chronicle, fascinating (emphasis mine): From top congressional leaders to online activists, liberals have sought the wisdom of UC Berkeley linguistics Professor George Lakoff for years. They ask him to teach them to do something that conservatives traditionally have done better — frame complex policy into [...]

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About that word “insurgents” *UPDATED*

on Nov 10 2009 | Filed under: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Media matters

I saw a headline at Drudge, to the effect that there is a photo of Afghan “insurgents” with U.S. ammo.  The story, although I’m sure it’s interesting, interested me less than that word “insurgent.”  We’ve all talked about the fact that “insurgent” a word that allows a politically correct, liberal media to avoid such words [...]

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Mark Steyn on the Democrats’ claim that all Obama criticism is racist

on Sep 25 2009 | Filed under: Race

After talking about a guest on NPR who explained that “personal responsibility” is racist code for hostility to blacks (because they can’t be responsible?), Mark Steyn states the obvious about the whole “criticizing Obama is racist” theme: “Code language” is code language for “total bollocks.” “Code word” is a code word for “I’m inventing what [...]

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