Boston University: In War, Words Matter. A Lot.
October 24, 2023
October 24, 2023
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 24 -- Boston University issued the following news:
By Joel Brown
The war between Hamas and Israel is also a war of words.
On TV, on social media, and in ordinary conversation, every sentence about the fighting becomes fraught. Each side has its lexicon and is quick to excoriate those whose word choices, or omission of certain words, are deemed hostile or simply insufficient to their beliefs. News stories (like this one), official . . .
By Joel Brown
The war between Hamas and Israel is also a war of words.
On TV, on social media, and in ordinary conversation, every sentence about the fighting becomes fraught. Each side has its lexicon and is quick to excoriate those whose word choices, or omission of certain words, are deemed hostile or simply insufficient to their beliefs. News stories (like this one), official . . .