Democracy in Disguise

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Decadence.

“As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are used to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.” 

—Gore Vidal (1925-2012), author (Thanks to alert WORDster Christine Fairbanks)

• Editorial Comment: This democracy stuff is tricksy.


PeezPix by Ted Pease 

Utah Reflection








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Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Trinidad, California. (Be)Friend The WORD

“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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