Tuesday, November 08, 2016

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE LANGUAGE OF HACK POLITICAL WRITING - THE GUARDIAN'S PAUL MASON ON "FARAGE'S MOB"


COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY PAUL MASON IN THE GUARDIAN


"Farage’s mob"?

That's pretty shabby language for millions of British people.

Much resembling Clinton's "deplorables."

Both expressions communicate a sense of arrogance and contempt.

Of course, it is precisely such attitudes by the establishment that create the phenomena of Trump and Farage and others.

Gee, why is it okay to use such language for people whose language you disapprove of?

Seems it comes from a not altogether different place.