[Ditter]

This reminds me of a pet peeve of mine. When the TV newsperson is talking about the scum that has murdered, raped, robbed, an innocent person & refers to them as "a gentleman" I go nuts screaming at the TV. There was a black woman, Melanie Lawson, in Houston who was especially bad about this.

[LadyJD]

Yeah Orwell wrote a book about that kind of torture of the language!

Here is the antidote as prescribed by General Lee:

“My Precious Life, I hope you will find time to read and improve your mind. Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances. Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and when summoned away, to leave without regret.” --Robert E. Lee to his daughter Mildred