Posted on February 5, 2012 with 251 notes.
Tagged with race, politics, language, words, .

The language of GOP racial politics is heavy on euphemisms that allow the speaker to deny any responsibility for the racial content of his message. The code words in this game are ‘entitlement society’ — as used by Mitt Romney — and ‘poor work ethic’ and ‘food stamp president’ — as used by Newt Gingrich. References to a lack of respect for the ‘Founding Fathers’ and the ‘Constitution’ also make certain ears perk up by demonizing anyone supposedly threatening core ‘old-fashioned American values,’

Juan Williams, not backing down from the question he posed to Newt Gingrich. (via liberalsarecool)

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