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Words matter.

You aren't writing an academic paper. Always use simple direct language.

  • Help the poor
  • Healthcare for everyone
  • Good treatment at work.

Don't use complex words.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yep. Never use a ten dollar word when a 50 cent one does the job better. The left wing needs to dump it's highbrow (and cringe celebrity endorsements) and use the language of the common people in simple terms that cannot be demonised (or would sound insane to try).

Also, this is a prime example of how demonising words, especially buzzwords, is the strategy they use to make it lose all rationality with the public... the notion of being "woke" originally a good thing, welfare a good thing, etc...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago

They managed to make DEI a divisive word, I presume because they always used the abbreviation, because how else can you poison these words.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly, more than 50% of Americans a grade school vocabulary. Imagine trying to convince a kid in grade 6 that helping the poor is not bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Ngl but most of the kids have no problems with helping other people.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Doesn't work, they take the cheap words too. "Fake news" was originally used for right-wing propaganda. The only solution is education so that future generations are more aware of and resistant to dog whistles and doublespeak.