Posted on 10/06/2020 10:37:26 AM PDT by John Semmens
Concerned about the use of the word "riot" to describe the property destruction, assaults, and looting that have emerged amid the so-called "mostly peaceful" protests in many of this country's major cities, the Associated Press' "Stylebook" wants reporters to stop using the word.
According to the newly revised Stylebook, "the word 'riot' connotes a wild, disorderly, and unfocused violence and mayhem. Use of this word doesn't do justice to the underlying grievances that led to the violence and mayhem. A better word would be to describe these occurrences as 'unrest.' Unrest is a vaguer, milder and less emotional term for a condition of angry discontent and protest verging on revolt. We don't want legitimate grievances to be unfairly tainted merely because innocent victims are beaten, their businesses ransacked, and their buildings burned by the excessive exuberance of the protesters."
In related news, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot objected to President Trump's characterization of her city as "a hotbed of crime and violence," calling it "ignorant and racist. The weekly shootings are a peculiar Chicago lifestyle that has evolved over many years. It represents deep-seated passions and a sense of spontaneity that outsiders may not be able to fully appreciate. We do not want Trump to mess it up by heavy-handed law-enforcement. The people should be free to solve their own problems in their own way. That is what America is all about."
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I wonder what terminology they’d use if it was their HQ that was being razed.
In DC the word riots was replaced by ‘Times of high excitement’.
Unrest?
Maybe “Uprising” might be more accurate, e.g. Palestinian uprising.
up·ris·ing
noun
an act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt.
“an armed uprising”
John, I think you misspelled "Associated Presstitutes".
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