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Nice list, pg.

I'd like to offer a few "extensions"; that is, words that appear to mean one thing, but really mean something else altogether. Probably fit neatly into the idea suppression category...

  side effects
  2 party system
  best of breed
  Department of Defense
  early detection
  diversity
  Patriot Act
  war on drugs
  98% fat free
  politically correct
  national pasttime
  news
  right to life
  choice
  road rage
  baby boomer
  SUV
  write your congressman
  fast food
  HMO
  insurance
  alternative music
  higher education
  affirmative action
  moral majority
  side dish
  soft drink
  cure
  cofactor
  cause
  leading indicators
  inalienable rights
  with liberty and justice for all
  sitcom
  expert
  talking head
  preferred provider
  copay
  deductible
  IRS
  legal right of way
  public servant
  impartial
  defense of marriage



Huh? This sounds like a list of things that annoys you, not words used to dismiss otherwise relevant arguments.


I take it as a list of things that are used to suppress ideas by attaching misleading labels to them.


That's doublespeak, not labels. There's a difference.


Some of it isn't even that.

Fast food: it's fast, it's food.

Side dish: it's a dish, on the side.

Sitcom: it's a comedy, set in a particular situation.

Road rage: it's rage you feel while on the road.

Cure, news, choice, baby boomer: I've frankly got no idea what the poster is on about in most of these.


I know some of those:

News - it's not news, it's sensationalism. Besides, what's new to you isn't new to me.

Choice - we're limited in choices, Coke or Pepsi isn't a choice, wah.

Cure - I, um... like disease?




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