Why Governments Use Euphemisms to Describe Violence
Governments rarely describe violence in its most direct terms. Words such as neutralisation, collateral damage and enhanced interrogation can reduce emotional resistance and obscure who was harmed.
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Governments rarely describe violence in its most direct terms. Words such as neutralisation, collateral damage and enhanced interrogation can reduce emotional resistance and obscure who was harmed.
Writer · 1946–2014 · Modern Paganism, journalism, religious diversity and participant observation
Margot Adler was an American journalist and Pagan writer whose Drawing Down the Moon became an influential survey of modern Paganism in the United States.
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