Heyall. Just got back in the groove here.
Isn't it strange how when we talk about foreigners we use words to cast them in the worst possible light, but when it's domestic we use much tamer and euphamistic language? For instance a foreign ruler who fraudulently steals an election and tortures, and spies on people is a "junta", "dictator" or "despot", but with Shrub, I mean Bush, it's an "Administration". If you're a Christian who shoots abortion doctors and blows-up gay discos you are a "Fundamentalist", but if you blow shit up and shoot people and you're from the Middle East, you're a "Radical Muslim".
There's got to be dozens of these double standards. Can you think of others?
Swazzie
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Re: Semantics
Tue, May 13, 2008 - 10:06 AMI don't know if that's necessarily true. I've know many people to call El Presidente a dictator, among other not so flattering terms. And have heard of people who shoot abortion doctors or bomb clinics referred to as terrorists. -
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Re: Semantics
Tue, May 13, 2008 - 11:58 AM
What language do people from the State Department and the talking news heads use though? There is the before and after Noriega, the before and after Saddam, and the before and after Ferdinand Marcos. When they were on our good side they were presidents, then overnight they all became dictators.
Swazzie
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