:lmayo: :pete: :is-this: Are cars racist?
Just fix the fucking roads. Maybe sprinkle in some public transportation. Or resign and go raise your kid on a tax sheltered island. Just fuck off.
:lmayo: :pete: :is-this: Are cars racist?
Just fix the fucking roads. Maybe sprinkle in some public transportation. Or resign and go raise your kid on a tax sheltered island. Just fuck off.
I just realized when a neoliberal uses "address" - it means nothing.
To save space - I'm using the spoiler tag...
My list of dem (neoliberal) asterisks
access to * Dems pols say stuff like "Americans should have access to affordable healthcare." And it's always "access to affordable healthcare". I once heard Rep. Joe Kennedy III say three versions of "access to affordable healthcare" literally within about two minutes on MSNBC.
address * Address as a verb is a weasel word. "Buttigieg said he will address racial disparities in roadway accidents under his position." What does that mean exactly. Nothing. It sort of implies action. But if a pol is going to take action on something - they should say something like they "will take action" on it.
affordable * It's a weasel word. "Americans should have access to affordable healthcare."
aspirational * It's a weasel word. It indicates whatever is being discussed is already DOA. Imagine a democratic president has a budget plan but the GOP controls one or both houses of congress. A democratic talking head might say that "The president's plan contains aspirational policy goals..." and the plan is "bold". Something can't be bold if it's already dead. It's mere kabuki.
data-driven * When they say "data-driven" what they really mean is "I'm for brutal austerity that I will rationalize this via these purely cherry-picked numbers."
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. * "Fuck off. You'll never get X so stop asking."
eliminate up to * "Eliminate up to" instead of cancel.
expand * It's a probably a weasel word. "As president, Biden will expand the Obama-Biden effort to expand resources for public defenders' offices." That's at joebiden.com/justice.
free for so-and-so * "Free for so-and-so" instead of free
guidelines * Instead of the democrats actually passing laws and creating regulations - dems will just ask businesses to do with the right thing for their workers and customers.
laser focused * Example translation to real English - "Biden is laser focused on X to aid working familes" it means "Biden doesn't actually give a single fuck about X. He says that because he needs working families to vote democrat. But, hey, being a neoliberal tool has enabled me to buy a second sailboat from the money I make being on tv and being a consultant. Isn't that nice?"
limit * "Limit" instead of eliminate. Often used in "limit up to".
moratorium * "Moratorium" instead of ban.
no one should * It's a weasel word. As in "No one should be profiteering off of our criminal justice system." That's at joebiden.com/justice
oppose such-and-such * "Oppose such-and-such" instead of ban.
partial * "Partial" speaks for itself if you listen carefully.
realistic * It's a weasel word.
reasonable * It's a weasel word.
renew push * It means failure is nearly 100% certain about what follows the phrase. Example: "The Democrats renew push for wealth taxes."
task force + look into. * As in "The task force will look into X..." * "Fuck off. We're not doing a single fucking thing."
time to * It's not even a weasel word. It means nothing. An example is "It's time to pass the __________ Act." If that statement is made by a bold-face name Democrats in a PR blitz. Expect them to say it year after year after year. And nothing will happen.
we have to * It's a weasel word. As in "We have to address these underlying factors..." That's at joebiden.com/justice.
will euphemisms * They are weasel words: will ensure / will push for / will work for / will work to ensure / etc. If a politician will do something - he should just use "will" and not use weasel words. Imagine Joe Blow is in an election. After he wins - his proxy apologies will say stuff like... "Senator Blow did not flipflop. He supports Medicare For All as an aspirational goal."
Am I missing anything?
This is great. Reminds me of how you can replace the word "may" in headlines with "may not", because so many speculative articles are written without any substance at all, and no one's going to read an article titled, "Pfizer CEO: We May Not Have a Cure for Cancer"
Actually, it'd be great to reverse-engineer liberal news with your list here. We can call it LibGPT. It'll be affordable and accessible, and it'll be 100% data-driven to put a moratorium on :LIB: ness.
That makes me think of AI. It has so much potential in some many ways. I watched a brief clip where a company was discussing using AI to find tumors in CAT scans that human specialists would never see. And maybe AI can help lead to breakthroughs in tech stuff like the development of cost effective fusion reactors.
But every fucking AI article is PR chatbox bullshit - "It's spooky! Can AI read my mind?!?"
That would be great.
Input: "We, the Democrats, are working on providing increased access to affordable healthcare."
Output: "We, the Democrats, are claiming that at some unspecified point in the future two minor things might happen. One - we provide you with a minimal expansion of coverage. Two - there is a minimal decrease in healthcare costs. You're welcome."