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#sarahpalin

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Carol Off (ex-CBC'er) has a point; co-opt a word and you seize and control the dialogue. "Freedom" was co-opted back in the #SarahPalin days. There's a great scene in the TV series #TheNewsroom where #JeffDaniels calls out a bunch of students: "You're free", he says, "Belgium's free, Japan's free" and points out the stupidity of misuse of the word.
Another word that the right has corrupted: "progressive"; what in god's name is wrong with being progressive?
cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/carol

CBCCarol Off wants to take the word 'freedom' back from the far right. Kamala Harris is doing just that | CBC RadioWhen Carol Off started writing a book calling on people to reclaim the word “freedom” from the far right, she thought she would be dismissed as naive. Then Kamala Harris began her run to become U.S. president.