A lot of complaints here about "semantic quibbling" and the like, but I found Howey's principled relationship with language refreshing. Today, we get bombarded

A lot of complaints here about "semantic quibbling" and the like, but I found Howey's principled relationship with language refreshing. Today, we get bombarded with an endless stream of clickbait that routinely stretches words to the very limit of their meanings and beyond. In politics especially, double speak is now the standard. "Fake news" probably isn't fake. A "Clean Air Act" bill probably isn't about clean air. The "middle class" probably isn't really in the middle. "Job creators" probably aren't creating jobs. And on and on. Why shouldn't we all strive to use words in a precise, straightforward way? Why embellish our argument when the plain truth is already horrifying enough?