On May 6, 2004, The Stanford Daily posted an artiThey also described
President George W. Bush's rhetorical techniques for garnering support
for the war in Iraq.
cle by
Andrew Gay titled: "Profs Explain Role of Language in
Politics." Go to:

http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=14098&repository=0001_article
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Excerpts:

"Last night, two well-known linguists, Deborah
Tannen and Geoffrey Nunberg, discussed the lan-
guage of American politics and how it shapes
political debate. In particular, they empha-
sized the polarization of political discussion
and the tendency to view politics as conflict-
driven....
[...]

"Tannen also discussed how language relates to
other topics, such as abortion.

"'The fact that abortion-rights supporters do not
use the word [abortion] is because the pro-life
movement has been so successful in making
?abortion' a bad word,' she said. 'The very con-
cept of abortion now is associated with the image
of partial-birth abortions. That use of the word
confirms the image people have of a baby ready to
be born but killed instead.'

"Tannen also pointed out that in framing the argu-
ment as between pro-choice and pro-life factions,
the opponents of abortion have been successful in
winning the battle of language.

"'The words pro-choice imply that there is a choice,
that it is something frivolous,' she said. 'By
refusing to use the word abortion, they continue
the stigma of abortions as a negative thing. Also,
pro-life is excellent language because no one wants
to be pro-death."
[...]
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Papa Jack comments:
The Culture of Death still believe they win the hearts
of women when they insist on using euphemisms like
"Choice." They have a hissy over the term partial-birth
abortion -- insisting on calling the procedure "Intact
D&E" (dilate and extract).

The fact is that the general public isn't nearly as
stupid as the Pro-Aborts like to believe. Most under-
stand that "Choice" really means abortion -- and abor-
tion really means the killing of an unborn child.

But, as we've discussed before, a substantial percentage
of Pro-Aborts are "hardwired," i.e., unable to consider
various alternatives before choosing a plan of action.
Most just repeat the same "bumper sticker" slogans they
learned years ago, and refuse to grow in their under-
standing of the issues.

Thanks for considering my point of view.

On May 6, 2004, The Stanford Daily posted an artiThey also described
President George W. Bush's rhetorical techniques for garnering support
for the war in Iraq.
http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=14098&repository=0001_article
_____________________________________________________________________________
Excerpts:

"Last night, two well-known linguists, Deborah
Tannen and Geoffrey Nunberg, discussed the lan-
guage of American politics and how it shapes
political debate. In particular, they empha-
sized the polarization of political discussion
and the tendency to view politics as conflict-
driven....
[...]
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The Culture of Death