As we enter the fall political season, we will hear a great deal of rhetoric from both major political parties and their many candidates for office. It’s important for us to remember, however, that words can be made meaningless by misuse or overuse. And when we as citizens allow politicians to obscure the truth by distorting words, we diminish ourselves and our nation.?
For example, we’ve all heard politicians use the words “democracy” and “freedom” countless times. They are used interchangeably in modern political discourse, yet their true meanings are very different. They have become what George Orwell termed “meaningless words”. Words like “freedom,” “democracy,” and “justice,” Orwell explained, have been abused for so l?ong that their original meanings have been eviscerated. In Orwell’s view, such words were “often used in a consciously dishonest way.”
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For instance: Like the current use of "entitlements" as a substitute word for "Social Security"......
How about "IndependenceCard", when YOU actually DEPEND on everyone else to take care of you AND your kids? I remember reading something somewhere concerning "...when right is wrong, when good is bad, etc"....Or the "Patriot Act", which is a huge insult to any patriot worth his salt....we have enterede the age of government-speak, where words are merely tools to manipulate, not enlighten. Where words can mean anything you nsay they do....
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