Tuesday, January 12, 2021

A linguistic irritant CXV

I wish I could remember the source, but a few days ago, I watched an interview with a professor.  She took issue with journalists who wrote about last week's mob attack on the U.S. Capitol.  She said that referring to the rioters as "storming the Capitol" romanticizes the attack.  As she pointed out, there was nothing noble about what those rioters did.

I can't argue with that.