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minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoIs there a term for this kind of “our brave soldiers, their barbaric hordes” terminology? Because I’m increasingly feeling like most liberal politics can be boiled down to it
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoYeah, but it’s a specific form of chauvinism
minus-squarefolaht@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-222 days agoIf there’s no term for it, I’m gonna call it Blairspeak, named after Eric Blair.
Is there a term for this kind of “our brave soldiers, their barbaric hordes” terminology? Because I’m increasingly feeling like most liberal politics can be boiled down to it
it’s just chauvinism
Yeah, but it’s a specific form of chauvinism
If there’s no term for it, I’m gonna call it Blairspeak, named after Eric Blair.