>at least among those with political power, language can be the dividing line. Yup, the emotional connotations of a word matters to people who are sensitive to

>at least among those with political power, language can be the dividing line. Yup, the emotional connotations of a word matters to people who are sensitive to that sort of thing. "Job Creator" vs. "exploiter of the proletariat" - Now, to me? my assumption is that both phrases refer to the same entity. They say a lot about the speaker, of course, but not a lot about what the speaker is speaking about. My observation, though, is that the sort of people who are most conscious about choosing the emotional content of their words are also the most easily manipulated by others choosing words of different connotations. it seems very weird to me that someone who manipulates others using a certain technique would also be more vulnerable than average to that same technique being used on them.