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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Here's an example from me

If you want to de-normalize a nation's state/government, call them

spoilera regime


Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin

Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?

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[-] Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

decrying experienced political institutions as corrupt while claiming to be a reformer.

Someone can just see a theoretical event happening like that and just write and TITLE the news as:

Man leads a pro-democracy movement against corrupt one-party-rule and its institutions...

That being said, scapegoating an outgroup is indeed a demagoguery...

Do you take me for bad-faith arguer?

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago

No, I just think we're having difficulty understanding each other. Or rather, I know I'm not understanding you and thus can't tell whether you're understanding me.

[-] Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago

Well, ykw, agree to disagree... I'll kill the convo right here, I'm sorry...

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