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# Using Words as Weapons
- URL: https://goodoil.news/using-words-as-weapons/
- Published: 2022-10-31T01:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-30T00:57:52.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: Censorship, Media, Politics, Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

**Jeff Deist**  
**Robert P Murphy**  
[mises.org](https://mises.org/library/words-weapons?ref=goodoil.news)

*Jeff Deist is president of the Mises Institute, where he serves as a writer, public speaker and advocate for property, markets and civil society. He takes particular interest in private legal systems and private money as tools for radically decentralizing political power.*

*Robert P Murphy is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute. He is the author of numerous books:* [Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America’s Most Famous Keynesian](http://contrakrugmanbook.com/?ref=goodoil.news)*;* [Chaos Theory](https://mises.org/library/chaos-theory?ref=goodoil.news)*;* [Lessons for the Young Economist](https://mises.org/library/lessons-young-economist?ref=goodoil.news)*;* [Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action](https://www.amazon.com/Choice-Cooperation-Enterprise-Human-Action-ebook/dp/B01228F4OE?tag=misesinsti-20&ref=goodoil.news)*;* The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism*;* Understanding Bitcoin *(with Silas Barta), among others. He is also host of [The Bob Murphy Show](http://mises.org/BobMurphyShow?ref=goodoil.news).*

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Criticisms of hapless Senate candidate John Fetterman are labeled “ableist”, while Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter is deemed fascist. Jeff and Bob take a hard look at the linguistic battlefield and the corruption of language as an institution.

##### Jeff’s paper on language, “Evolution or Corruption?”: [Mises.org/HAP367-1](https://mises.org/HAP-367-1?ref=goodoil.news)

##### George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language”: [Mises.org/HAP367-2](https://mises.org/HAP-367-2?ref=goodoil.news)

##### Ken Smith’s *Junk English*: [Mises.org/HAP367-3](https://mises.org/HAP-367-3?ref=goodoil.news)

##### Bryan Caplan on “Privilege”: [Mises.org/HAP367-4](https://mises.org/HAP-367-4?ref=goodoil.news)

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