By CHRIS POWELL Propaganda is often a matter of names and terminology. For as the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan observed, if you label something well enough, you don’t have to argue with it or about it. The label itself may settle the matter politically. Illegal immigrant’s supporters celebrate lack of due process Connecticut should pushContinue reading “‘Gender-affirming care’ euphemizes sex changes”
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Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors
By CHRIS POWELL Is “gender-affirming care” good or bad? Whatever it is, it’s a euphemism, a term of camouflage to prevent something from being plainly understood and to present it in a favorable light — in this case to diminish the controversy that would be recognized if the proper neutral, impartial, and descriptive term wasContinue reading “Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors”
Alphabet people needn’t be so terrified in Connecticut
By CHRIS POWELL Many people are terrified by Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, but perhaps none more so than members of sexual minorities, who lately have commandeered nine letters — a third of the alphabet — to construct an acronym with which to represent themselves. The other day an activist among Connecticut’s alphabet peopleContinue reading “Alphabet people needn’t be so terrified in Connecticut”
Mutilation is mutilation, politically correct or not
By Chris Powell What’s the difference between “female genital mutilation” and “gender-affirming care”? “Female genital mutilation” is an ancient barbaric practice prevailing in primitive cultures in Africa and the Middle East. Some adherents mistakenly think Islam requires it. It is committed against minor females and is euphemized as “purification.” “Gender-affirming care” is the euphemism forContinue reading “Mutilation is mutilation, politically correct or not”
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