April 28, 2006

Jon Looks at the Pronounian Symantics of Fear

Jon Husband has an interesting post that highlights how many times Bush invokes the ubiquitous, terrifying enemy of the people using "they/them."  In general, everything USians fear is encompassed in the third-person: Them, They, Their, and of course the favorite modifier, "THOSE people."

ugh.


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