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Comment author: [deleted] 29 May 2012 05:32:35AM *  6 points [-]

I can tell how old I am because I can remember a day long ago when journalists would describe a book as "provocative" and "controversial" to whet readers' interest in the book. Today, the words "provocative" and "controversial" have become code for Move Along, Nothing to See Here.

--Steve Sailer, commenting on cultural changes and words

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Comment author: simplicio 07 May 2013 05:48:56PM 1 point [-]

Interesting. But those words are still used to promote. Impossible for me to say whether they are used that way less now than before... I guess I will take Sailer's word for it?

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