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Smart TalkSMART TALK by Dr. Saber S. Poder
DISINFORMATION: We doctors at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired have diagnosed the use of disinformation as a strain of William F. Buckley Syndrome.
This strain may be an effect of having political power, which can corrode the language center of the brain. Words like disinformation seem to come primarily from people trying to impress.
Unfortunately, the institute's Alfred Kahn Clinic reports only marginal success in treating the syndrome. Sufferers say disinformation instead of lies, for the purpose of instead of to and indicated that instead of said. Instead of realizing they sound fatuous, they're actually rather proud of using such expressions.
The Institute for the Linguistically Impaired needs your support.
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