“Boots on the ground” and how vocabulary impacts policy
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As writers, we always say that “words matter.” Without words, what would we do? When the U.S. Democratic presidential candidates debated over the weekend, this concept made an appearance on center stage. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley related the story of a woman he spoke to who had a son in the military. She told him that she wished that politicians would stop talking about “boots on the ground” because that’s not what her son is. Unfortunately, it is a phrase that has permeated the political and media culture. It’s hard to get rid of the term, but with a renewed…
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