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This reminds me of a recent tweet: https://twitter.com/searyanc/status/1349890653132505088?s=21 https://twitter.com/searyanc/status/1349890653132505088?s=21 >
by muglug 6y ago
This reminds me of a recent tweet: https://twitter.com/searyanc/status/1349890653132505088?s=21 https://twitter.com/searyanc/status/1349890653132505088?s=21
> Obnoxious: come up with a set of style preferences, write some post-hoc justification, and then name it in a way that implies anyone who has different preferences is doing something wrong
- chrisseaton 6y agoLike 'responsible disclosure'... implies only someone who is 'irresponsible' could disagree with it. Presumably everyone thinks their disclosure process is responsible, otherwise they wouldn't do it.
- smcl 6y agoPolitics is full of these, like “climate realism” or the Patriot Act. I bet there’s a word for this, but I don’t know it
- ainar-g 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak > Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing),[1] in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. […]