Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law.
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.
I know that sometimes politics creates situations in which people want to say particular things for political reasons.
Language usage always has a political context.
If anything is naive and lightweight, it's the traditional political conversation.
The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is something I can't understand or subscribe to.
Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language and how it is used by others.
Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.
Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.
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