Oh man is Steven Poole angry, he's angry at people for not asking questions, angry at politicians in masking horrors under gentle words and he's angry that he's largely impotent to change these things. A book to be followed by something light and fluffy, if you read anything more you might be persu...
Interesting book about political double speak
How clever choice of words can become subliminal propaganda. For example, it charts the deliberate switch to "climate change", because it sounds less alarming than "global warming"; talks about the use of "pro life" rather than "anti abortion", as no one wants to claim to be anti-life; using "intell...
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