fossilesque to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIllinois governor declares Lake Michigan is now Lake Illinoiswww.wilx.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1756arrow-down19cross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fannottheonion@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up1747arrow-down1external-linkIllinois governor declares Lake Michigan is now Lake Illinoiswww.wilx.comfossilesque to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square99fedilinkcross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fannottheonion@zerobytes.monster
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1 day agoIn all seriousness, language and word choice are a very big part of propaganda and influence. It’s not an accident that we are discussing “death tax” instead of “inheritance tax”, or that you see reports of “looters” vs “survivors/scavengers”.
In all seriousness, language and word choice are a very big part of propaganda and influence. It’s not an accident that we are discussing “death tax” instead of “inheritance tax”, or that you see reports of “looters” vs “survivors/scavengers”.