![]() ![]() ![]() Linguists have been talking for decades about the importance of language in influencing people’s beliefs. ![]() Today I would like to talk about how and why these metaphors are so powerful in shaping the beliefs and actions of certain Americans. I will leave the assignation of blame to pundits and politicians. Trump’s apologists claim that the El Paso shooter was mentally ill and acted alone.Īs a linguist, I must remain neutral in these political arguments. Moreover, he also told four female minority members of Congress to “go back where you came from,” a well-known racist trope. Trump also recently argued that Baltimore, Maryland was a “rodent-infested” city, and seemed to target Elijah Cummings, an African-American Congressman who lives in Baltimore. Hello! I feel obliged to write a post today concerning the recent statements in the news that “Words Matter.” Following the two horrific mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, many people blamed President Trump for inciting the shooter in Texas since his screed published online shortly before the attacks used language quite similar to Trump’s recent rhetoric about a so-called invasion of Mexicans into the United States. ![]()
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