When the meaning is intentionally obfuscated in order to disparage a particular minority or belief without raising an alarm among those who would be offended by the meaning, it is sometimes called dog whistle politics , after the idea often not actually true that the out-group can't hear the meaning in the hidden message behind the words.
Whether or not the out-group gets it, the in-group knows exactly what is meant by the code.
For example, in certain settings in US politics, claiming to be "tough on crime" might be intended to subtly convey or take advantage of racism. Code words and dog whistle politics often use loaded language to convey their meaning to the in-group.
A snarl word is a derogatory label that can be attached to something or even to people , in order to dismiss their importance or worth, without guilt. When used as snarl words, these words are essentially meaningless; most of them can be used with meaning, but that seldom happens. Senator Al Franken went into great detail about the " Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy "'s use of snarl words and other forms of emotional appeal in his first political work, Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot , specifically referencing the political activities of Newt Gingrich , Frank Luntz , and Lee Atwater and noting conservative pressure groups' reliance on such tactics to slam through the Contract With America program.
The term "loaded language" refers to words, phrases, and overall verbal and written communication that is intended to inspire emotion in the reader or listener. Loaded language is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations associated with them in order to invoke an.
A glittering generality , sometimes called a "virtue word" or "purr word," is the opposite of a snarl word. It's a vague term meant to invoke warm fuzzy feelings as in some of the examples given above.
Who could be against the children? Some common glittering generalities:. Not to be confused with Loaded question. Yesterday, Paul Ryan said President Obama was re-e Nonetheless, this technology has elicited world-wide debates concerning the ethics of cloning.
No one can deny that it is important for the media, scientists, and ethicists to debate and discuss serious ethical concerns related to new techniques and biotechnologies. But all parties involved in the discussion should not let scientific terminology prejudice their views regarding potential health benefits or ethical challenges associated with new technologies.
A current medical application of SCNT technology, for example, may enable a woman with mitochondrial disease to have healthy children by transferring a nucleus from one of her eggs into an enucleated donor egg.
Such concerns and challenges must be discussed and debated in an unbiased manner. Another exciting technology that is receiving a lot of attention is gene editing J Genet Genomics , Once again, the objectives of developing gene-editing technologies are to treat disease and to improve health care.
Using such technology, for example, scientists can insert a site-specific mutation in the hemoglobin gene of normal mice to create a mouse model of human sickle cell anemia to test potential therapies for the disease. In the future it may be possible to genetically edit the hematopoietic stem cells of a patient with sickle cell disease to create cells without this mutation Curr Gene Ther , These stem cells could then be transplanted back into the patient to generate genetically reconstituted hematopoietic cells that produce normal hemoglobin Nucleic Acids Res , Everyone recognizes the need to address and debate ethical concerns and the potential health risks and benefits surrounding gene editing.