Wednesday, June 05, 2019

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE AMERICAN RIGHT WING'S NEED FOR ALMOST COMICAL PHRASES TO DESCRIBE THINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SERIOUS AND THREATENING MATTERS

John Chuckman


COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CONSORTIUM NEWS



John Bolton’s Absurd ‘Troika Tyranny’



Why do American right-wing politicians feel the need to keep coining such expressions?

Troika of Tyranny?

Axis of Evil?

Evil Empire?

Almost like slogans used to sell canned soup or household cleaner.

What is the driving need for such phrases, which are all slightly comical while supposedly concerned with threatening and important matters?

They seem almost made to appeal to children.

There is something elemental and unpleasant suggested by the practice.