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>Orwell would have a field day with our modern linguistic contortions As much as I like NPR, they're consistently guilty of this. I have never heard the Confed
by vdnkh 11y ago
>Orwell would have a field day with our modern linguistic contortions
As much as I like NPR, they're consistently guilty of this. I have never heard the Confederate flag called a "battle flag" before the whole fracas around getting it banned.
- vectorpush 11y ago> I have never heard the Confederate flag called a "battle flag" before the whole fracas around getting it banned. This is just a coincidence. I've heard the confederate flag referred to as the battle flag for years and almost exclusively by those who support (or are at least sympathetic to) flying that flag. With that stated, I agree that NPR is guilty of "linguistic contortions" but I can't think of a single news source that isn't guilty of it. If you can think of some exceptions, I'd be genuinely interested in a recommendation.
- chrisoverzero 11y agoIrrespective of what you have ever or never heard, the pattern commonly flown -- and the pattern over which there was controversy -- is the pattern of a battle flag[0]. The national flags of the Confederacy were different, though some of them incorporated that pattern. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#Battle_flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_State...
- apozem 11y agoThat is literally what it is- the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. It is most technically accurate (and will slow down angry calls from readers who trying to correct you) to call it a battle flag, regardless of common usage.