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Cockburn’s short, handy guide to the new political language

5 February 2021

11:17 PM

5 February 2021

11:17 PM

Words have been redefined for political purposes for a long time. In 2021, however, euphemisms are spreading with particular celerity. So Cockburn has decided to proffer the masses a short, handy little guide.

Example: the Clubhouse app has become increasingly popular with tech leaders and other mild public figures. But the New York Times’s Taylor Lorenz is mad, because she and other reporters keep getting blocked by the ‘far-right‘ people they want to monitor for potential crimethink.

When you don’t want to be perpetually monitored by hostile, frequently dishonest members of the press, it turns out that is an offense against ‘accountability.’

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