The Militarization of the American Language
Vicki Gray writes: "Once was a time when we used to joke that military justice is to justice as military music is to music. You musicians get the point. Trouble is, military justice is no longer a joking matter. And we have moved apace in other regards. Now we must add: military language is to language as ... well ... Orwellian 'newspeak' is to reality. And unfortunately for those in the 'reality-based community,' military newspeak has replaced standard American English as the lingua franca of the United States, thanks to the spinmeisters in the White House and a pusillanimous press corps eager to lap up whatever Karl Rove, Tony Snow, and Ken Mehlman feed them."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083006B.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083006B.shtml
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