Tag: Politics
Micro Learning (18) The Artisan (3) The Healer (6) The Sage (12)
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The Overton Window, Explained in Plain English
A policy idea that would have ended a politician’s career a decade ago now gets a mainstream hearing. It draws barely any controversy at…
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Whataboutism, Explained in Plain English
Someone raises a criticism. Instead of a direct response, the reply points to a completely different situation. There, the other side supposedly did something…
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False Flag, Explained in Plain English
A dramatic incident happens. Before investigators have even finished at the scene, someone online is calling it “an obvious false flag.” The term gets…
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Astroturfing, Explained in Plain English
A flood of near-identical comments shows up under a news story, each making the same point in slightly different words. Someone in the replies…
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Gerrymandering, Explained in Plain English
Every ten years, a new set of district maps comes out. Within days, someone online is calling one of them “a textbook gerrymander.” The…
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Dog Whistle, Explained in Plain English
You’ll see it get called out constantly online: “that’s a dog whistle.” Half the replies nod along. The other half ask what that’s even…
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Proxy War, Explained in Plain English
You’ll see it in almost any headline about a conflict where the two biggest players never actually meet on a battlefield: “critics call it…