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About That Language…Progressives and Democrats Need to Take Back the English Language from Those Who Would Twist It Beyond Recognition

2018-03-14
By: IndivCort
On: March 14, 2018
In: ICC Blog
Tagged: conservative, English language, gun control, language deception, messaging, Trump manipulation

In order to persuade or frame message, you first have to have command of your own language. Trump/Republican operatives have done a masterful job of manipulating the English language beyond recognition, creating “negative branding” and misleading terms that are deceptive and deceitful. It is past time everyone else stands up and calls out the twisted conspiracy to alter meaning that the GOP and their confederacy have created and perpetuated. The most politicized words and their meanings: “Liberal.” The word liberal means “advancing the ideals of liberty, open to new behaviors and opinions, concerned with broadening a person’s general knowledge;” also “in generous amounts.” Adjectives forRead More →