Extremes

[SimpleGlitch]

Or maybe they're really extreme. Extreme viewpoints are dangerous. Moderation keeps people out of wars. Moderation is achieved with stable populations that have enough food and clean water, and a sense of public safety.

 

I don't like the use of trigger words are used in politics for two reasons.

 

1. Often they are trying to hid a lack of knowledge, or not wanting to show the whole picture

 

2. When enough people catch on to number 1, they will under react when the situation really is dire, or not give something important the attention it needs.

 

Trigger words should alert you and make you look for real information to decide for yourself if this really is important, or if they are just trying to sell you something.

 

Crying wolf?

 

Politicians use trigger words to paint their opponents in the worst possible light. (and thereby, supposedly making them look more 'reasonable'....) It's one of those words that has developed negative connotations, and it seems to be 'in vogue' at the moment. Next month, it will be something else. (or, maybe 'next election'... who knows..... it's a lot like womens skirts, hem lines go up and down, as do the relevance of certain words.)

 

Was crying wolf directed at me or what I was explaining?

 

but yeah I agree with the negative connotations part, I meant to include in my last post that using "trigger words" are not inherently bad things but depend on the context in which they are used. Btw... is there any actual term for what these words are called, I'm not sure if trigger word is actually correct, that is just what the instructor of my public speaking course called them.

[HeyYou]

Or maybe they're really extreme. Extreme viewpoints are dangerous. Moderation keeps people out of wars. Moderation is achieved with stable populations that have enough food and clean water, and a sense of public safety.

 

I don't like the use of trigger words are used in politics for two reasons.

 

1. Often they are trying to hid a lack of knowledge, or not wanting to show the whole picture

 

2. When enough people catch on to number 1, they will under react when the situation really is dire, or not give something important the attention it needs.

 

Trigger words should alert you and make you look for real information to decide for yourself if this really is important, or if they are just trying to sell you something.

 

Crying wolf?

 

Politicians use trigger words to paint their opponents in the worst possible light. (and thereby, supposedly making them look more 'reasonable'....) It's one of those words that has developed negative connotations, and it seems to be 'in vogue' at the moment. Next month, it will be something else. (or, maybe 'next election'... who knows..... it's a lot like womens skirts, hem lines go up and down, as do the relevance of certain words.)

 

Was crying wolf directed at me or what I was explaining?

 

but yeah I agree with the negative connotations part, I meant to include in my last post that using "trigger words" are not inherently bad things but depend on the context in which they are used. Btw... is there any actual term for what these words are called, I'm not sure if trigger word is actually correct, that is just what the instructor of my public speaking course called them.

 

Sorta, more agreeing with you. Politicians wear a word out, to the point that when it is used in a literal sense, and is actually accurate, folks just ignore it, as they have heard it so many times before.