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What can I still say without causing a murder?
CNN is trying to move away from using horrifyingly violent terms like "cross-hairs"... if that's off the list, what words commonly used in political parlance are we allowed to use anymore? Are any of these terms still acceptable?
cross-hairs
crossfire
campaign (a military term)
target
enemy
battleground states
hard-fought victory
bullet points
to "kill" a piece of legislation
shot down
under the gun
hit them where it hurts
to "fire" someone
weapons at our disposal
arsenal
majority whip
bully pulpit
cutting remarks
take a stab at something
fire off a few questions
take aim at a problem
go off half-c*cked
dead on arrival
and of course, the worst thing a human being could possibly say... blood libel
I just want to make sure nothing I say triggers a killing spree. Oh crap, did I just say trigger? Sorry... next one's on me, I guess.
Cantankerous, I'm not a victim at all. I just want to be sure my careless words don't kill anybody. Are we not supposed to be toning down the violent rhetoric? Is it so wrong for me to ask for a few guidelines?
Well, it looks like "blood libel" is back in play:
Quaternion Joe:
> majority whip
> -What? How is that bad?
A whip is a weapon, or at least a potential weapon.
> bully pulpit
> -That's not a weapons term ether
But I think we probably want to tone down references to things like bullying, don't we? Remember Columbine...
5 Antworten
- Anonymvor 1 JahrzehntBeste Antwort
Quaternion Joe's handy guide to things you can and can't say without getting people killed.
cross-hairs
-No
crossfire
-okay
campaign (a military term)
-Okay
target
-Okay unless you yell "TANGO SPOTTED"
enemy
-No unless they are in a shooting war with you
battleground states
-Okay
hard-fought victory
-Okay
bullet points
-Okay
to "kill" a piece of legislation.
-Okay, but don't kill people
shot down
-Okay
under the gun
-Okay
hit them where it hurts
-Nobody uses that in terms of shooting
to "fire" someone
-What
weapons at our disposal
-Say "tools"
arsenal
-No, unless you mean the soccer/football team
majority whip
-What? How is that bad?
bully pulpit
-That's not a weapons term ether
cutting remarks
-Knives are fine
take a stab at something
-Knives are fine, stab away
fire off a few questions
-As long as your questions are blanks like this one.
take aim at a problem
-As long as it's not a person
go off half-c*cked
-fine
dead on arriva
-fine
blood libel
-only if you actually know what it means. Otherwise you just sound like an idiot.
- ?Lv 5vor 1 Jahrzehnt
Didn't CNN once have a political show named Crossfire? I'm taking a stand and never buying Bullseye BBQ sauce again and will not be celebrating Valentines Day next month. Cupid's arrow is offensive.
- vor 1 Jahrzehnt
If they are going to censor anyone- censor the Political Labels.
This is the real problem as stated by George Washington in his Farewell Address. Back then they called it "Factions"- very harmful for our democracy. Call out the individual politicians- their name, what they did or did not do.
- CantankerousLv 7vor 1 Jahrzehnt
Oh no another VICITIM, whining and crying about persecution that is not really there! Move over Sarah and pass the tissues!
If you're going to play the victim, at least make sure the real ones are out of the hospital first!
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