Absolutely...Language Matters
We see something similar today in a different way. In some ways, the assault on the fundamental values of our civilization is deeper now than it was in the 1960s. This is partly because those conducting the assault are not launching their attacks from outside the establishment but are themselves well-integrated and often highly placed members of said establishment. The assault today is also more thoroughgoing because it is no longer undertaken in the name of freedom and truth, but, strange though it sounds, against both. George Orwell was right when he observed that the first crucial step towards freedom is the willingness to call things by their real names. We, which is to say, our betters in the media and cultural establishments, have lost that inner strength. The triumph of “wokeness” and political correctness has encouraged an epidemic allergy to candor. The hope is that the embrace of euphemism will alter not o...