Yale Daily News

Updated: Friday, November 21, 2008 at 1:14am

Abusing words takes away their true value

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The White Pages
Published Thursday, March 8, 2007
It’s a painfully obvious truth that the words we use reveal a lot about our thinking. Like using “socialist” when we’re not talking about socialists, or “fascist” when we’re not really talking about fascists. Or saying “sectarian conflict” instead of “civil war.” Or casually dropping the word “faggot” into a political speech.
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