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The Googlewashing Of Our Language

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the english-evolution dept.

KIondike writes "The Register talks about how a term ("Second Superpower") coined by the anti-war culture suddenly got radically neutered and altered by a weblog that a lot of people link to. Searching for the term on Google now brings up his blog and other people talking about his blog for the first several entries. Can Google's power to give information to the people be misused and perverted? This only took 42 days." First the widespread usage of "googling" to mean web searching, and now this.

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  1. Amazing by Musashi+Miyamoto · · Score: 0, Troll

    Im suprised that so few people here do not see how huge this is. This just proves that there are a lot of people out there that do not realize how duped they are.

    People don't realize how powerful words are. Notice how the Bush regime and their in-the-pocket media put a newspeak spin on things:

    USA word - transaltion
    regime - administration
    propaganda - news
    irregulars - people defending their country
    weapons of mass destruction - deterrant
    collateral damage - murder of innocents
    detention - arrest
    unlawful combattant - POW

    Here is a link with more.

  2. MOD PARENT UP by Anenga · · Score: 0, Troll

    Exactly.

    How can the anti-war/anti-america protests call themselves "The Second Superpower". Please! What are their powers exactly? The powers to "annoy", their powers to stop traffic until they're thrown off of the streets, the power to get bulldozed, the power to jump off bridges, not very impression powers IMO. And what do those powers accomplish? The public's annoyance with them and their lack of respect and legitimacy towards them.

    Now this? Oh boy, my article isn't turning up on Google! Google must be conservative fat cats! Give it a rest. I'm actually appaled that Google would post this up. What rubbish.

  3. 42! by Jaeger · · Score: 1, Troll

    Does anyone else find it amusing that the number of days this great and horrible tragedy took happens to be the answer to life, the universe, and everything? Douglas Adams, anyone?

  4. Re:I love the google* words. by 0x0d0a · · Score: 0, Troll

    Googlewanking - One-handed Googling, usu. when performing Google searches for pr0n or special interest advocacy.

    ? There are people that jerk off to "Focus on the Family" or similar?

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  5. I've Got Your Second Superpower by jayayeem · · Score: 0, Troll

    The second superpower is in my pants.

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