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The words "detain" and "detention" have definitions that ar… | |
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@dangillmor kidnapped implies being stolen from somewhere you are lawfully pres… | |
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@dangillmor It’s also an inappropriate use of passive voice. The journalist, … | |
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@dangillmor With regard to the benigh connotation of "detain," I thin… | |
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@dangillmor Seriosuly, I can't believe people are letting them do this.When… | |
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@dangillmor I prefer "abducted. Has links to "Fog and Night". | |
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@dangillmor MSM will never reach your level of journalism. You're a lightho… | |
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@dangillmor The words detain are not benign. The extra-judicial detention of sc… | |
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@dangillmor ICE is carrying out abductions and deportations. The abductions in … | |
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@dangillmor detained connotes "in place" as well, if you're takin… | |
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@dangillmor Or, pressure from their corporate overlords. | |
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@dangillmor “imprisoned” is also doing some heavy lifting in your own formu… | |
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As long as we're talking linguistic angles, there's also passive and ac… | |
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@osma @dangillmorReminds me of "officer - involved shooting", instead… | |
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@FiddleSix @osma @dangillmor Although I feel like the passive voice gets too mu… | |
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@dangillmor No one is "detained by traffic." That is a mistake that o… | |
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https://mas.to/@osma/114255567016067782@CarlMuckenhoupt | |
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@dangillmor @mastodonmigration Less fear of being sued or losing advertisers | |
Post #AsgYs26E7kZMKbSv4q by [email protected] | |
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@dangillmor Exactly. Thank you! | |
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@dangillmor Saying "detained" instead of "kidnapped" is cov… | |
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@dangillmor Not specific to the current topic, "ask" is another word … | |
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"pedestrian struck by car" -- rarely is a driver present.@FiddleSix @… | |
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@dangillmor I would add that the very need of minimizing deserves, in itself, s… | |
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@dangillmor there is much to fault in language used by today’s media, particu… | |
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@dangillmor haven't you noticed what language American journos use to write… |