Does political language engender public engagement or does it alienate and turn people away?
Not exact matches
Bearing in mind the relatively loose
language of the ToR (see definition of «environmental effect» above) and that environmental assessment (EA) is a simply a process for decision - making that
does not dictate any particular result, why not consider the GHGs associated with increased oil production and avoid what could be a crucial
political and legal objection to the NGP?
So
did the Spanish in what is still called Latin America, the British in India, and in modern times and with different
language, the Allies in Germany, all of whom were able to build new
political orders not just because they invaded, but because they stayed, and they convinced the conquered people.
You have argued that Christians (along with other believers) have every right to make religious arguments in the public sphere — that they don't need to turn to some neutral, universally rational
language before they engage in
political debate.
Bush spoke entirely in the
language of diplomatic negotiation and
political advocacy, as Ahmadinejad also largely
did.
When
does language move from
political robustness to offensive insults and then through to anti-semitic discourse?
There are lot of
political parties in India, which
do canvas based on their caste /
language / religion.
It is almost inconceivable that a
political party in Britain should use this type of
language, which
does nothing less than paint a picture of class war.
He
does away with the contriving
language of
political correctness (particularly in regards to Muslims, Mexicans, immigrants, etc.) in an attempt to convince the electorate that he, in fact, «speaks true;» he engages in rhetoric that is, according to Senator Marco Rubio, «
language that is deliberately offensive in order to drive media narrative.»
What ideologies
do, then, is to try and harness the meaning of
political language — concepts like freedom, justice and equality — in order to motivate action.
United by monarchy, history,
language, heritage and
political tradition, we have much more in common with, say, a Canberran or a Torontonian than we
do with an Athenian or a Roman.
We kill, exploit, back bite and betray each other simply because this particular person is not from my country or that particular person
does not speak my
language or those people
do not belong to my
political or religious affiliation.
In 2002, a team of linguists and historians argued that the script
did not represent
language at all, but religious or
political imagery.
I'm a single mom, US Army Veteran, and student working on my degree in
Political Science, with a concentration in World Relations, and the
language I'm
doing for my degree is going to be Chinese.
Not only
does she speak the
language, having been born there, she has some murky connection to the
political players.
Of course a number of good films
did succeed in breaking down the barriers of
language and the constant need to explain them by referring to the
political turmoil of the country.
And I
do like Indian director Shekhar Kapur's first English -
language effort, which luridly imagines the early reign of England's «virgin queen,» Elizabeth I. Splendid finery and severed heads, courtside chicanery and
political assassinations — oh yes, good stuff indeed.
In the words of Peter Lauritzen it sounds like this: «He who reduces
political language to difference only will come out as an individualist and social Darwinist, he who
does the same with regard to equality will end up as collectivist.
Many educators and
political leaders warned that the passage of Proposition 227 would be a catastrophe for the one in four California students who
do not speak English as their primary
language.
It opened my perspective up to the profoundly
political nature of non-native
language education, as well as to the importance of motivation in the classroom (beyond the trivial understanding that a driven kid will
do better).
Indeed, at a time when younger Americans don't identify with Israel as earlier generations
did, the establishment of a connection through
language could lead to business, cultural and
political connections later on.
It would be nice, however, if they
did not try to appropriate the
language of real
political and social oppression to complain about business snafus.
Sharon Hayes, Jenny Holzer, Glenn Ligon, Adam Pendelton and Carey Young Curated by Jess Wilcox How to
do things with Words explores the social and
political consequences of
language in contemporary society.
From an early age, it seemed that the visual world — through art and exhibitions — spoke a
language that, in the
political world, I at times
did not grasp.
As his interest in
language unfolded, so
did his aim to identify socio -
political problems through his art.
While traditional super PACs produce commercials that approach pancake - level flatness, wrapping
political campaigns up in subtle messaging risks it being dismissed by those who aren't versed in, or don't care about, the conceptual
language of the art world (see: a large portion of the American public.)
Rigg doesn't just point a finger at President Obama though, she also has words for developing nations (who need to recognize too that they need to get on board with commitments to low - carbon energy and not just stand behind historical obligations to combat climate change) and the EU (who have tried to eliminate
language on fisheries reform, no doubt under domestic
political pressure).
Political language, as used by politicians,
does not venture into any of this territory since the majority of politicians, on the evidence available to us, are interested not in truth but in power and in the maintenance of that power.
You talk about the «
political» considerations surrounding the use of such
language, but don't forget the
political motivations of those who object to it — the writer you linked to being a prime example.
The data firm started partnering with U.S.
political campaigns around 2015 with the promise that it had the ability to
do what it called «psychographic» targeting, which allowed Cambridge Analytica to create psychological profiles to «effectively engage and persuade voters using specially tailored
language and visual ad combinations» that appeal to each person on an emotional level, according to Cambridge Analytica's website.