This morning I watched Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC. She questioned using the word "war", to describe any situation which can be described as a conflict. She sighted that war involves, death and destruction, use of powerful ordinances like bombs and guns. Which is very true. But. Any actions or laws that harm and deprive a segment of a society needs attention brought to it, especially in a Democracy. Thank God for the First Amendment and the Free Press.
Word combinations like War on Women, the Poor, Gays, Latinos, Voter Rights, are headlines that are needed to draw in the average citizens who do not follow politics like political geeks like myself. I studied journalism and any teacher I had, would have a big conflict on Ms. Harris-Perry's advice. The principle ethic in journalism is reporting the truth, not how you spice it up or get people to pay attention to what you are reporting. I believe that sometimes headlines may be over the top, but it did do it's intended purpose, grab a readers attention and inform them.
I love Ms. Harris-Perry's show and I appreciate that she is a very smart and intelligent College Professor. But she is on Television, not in a class room. Her job is to inform not educate. Political correctness is relative. It depends on your audience, your platform and how serious the situation is.
If my house is full of dark smoke, I'm not going to yell, "Smoke" to get attention to everyone in my house, I'm gonna yell Fire, whether I see flames or not.
What the GOP is doing to women in this country is atrocious, and how I would really describe what I see, I couldn't use on TV. What's happening to women in this country, voter rights, the poor, and Gays needs to be shouted from the highest mountain, with the most attention getting words that are decent.
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