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Does "pernicious" have some kind of political connotation now?
by jnbiche 9y ago
Does "pernicious" have some kind of political connotation now?
- ericd 9y agoSeriously, this is ridiculous.
- wtallis 9y agoThe word "pernicious" is very rare outside of a medical context, but the top Google result for "pernicious to liberty" is an anti-income tax screed.
- CryptoPunk 9y ago>>the top Google result for "pernicious to liberty" is an anti-income tax screed. That's hardly surprising. You chose a search term that was very likely going to get hits with anti-tax types. If you simply searched "pernicious" you would find it being used in many, ideologically diverse, contexts. Your real problem is with the position espoused (that the income tax is anti-liberty). The use of the term "pernicious" is incidental to that. EDIT: The top results I'm getting for "pernicious to liberty" aren't even dominated by tax-related articles: https://www.google.com/search?q="pernicious+to+liberty" https://www.google.com/search?q="pernicious+to+liberty"