• Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    Something I found very eye-opening was the Wikipedia editing guidelines/style guide. Specifically, they had (have?) section on weasel words.

    Once you see these types of manipulations laid out, you start to see them everywhere.

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      7 days ago

      Sorry, what are weasel words? Never heard that term. One I find fascinating is the way music and lyrics are paired together… people will happily ingest and dance and sing along to some of the most destructive lyrics, as long as the music is pleasurable to them.