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The Secretary of... What? (hexbear.net)

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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 75 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The secretary of defense used to be called the secretary of war, they changed it for PR reasons right around the same time we changed the term propaganda to PR. I appreciate the honesty.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

The term "politically correct" was born out of this. It describes the process in which bad things are made more palatable through renaming. Other examples include:

war profiteering -> military industrial complex
imperialism -> spreading democracy
person killed by police -> officer-involved shooting
schools experiencing de facto segregation -> inner-city schools
white neighborhoods -> affluent neighborhoods