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August 05, 2025

The Linguistic Kill-Switch: Inside the Modern Propaganda Playbook

The next time someone sneers “conspiracy theorist,” “anti-vaxxer,” “climate denier,” “far right,” “hate speech,” “terrorist,” or the ever-popular “racist,” understand what they are really saying: stop thinking.
These words are a linguistic kill-switch—engineered to short-circuit thought by triggering a reflexive emotional spasm.

https://internationalman.com/articles/the-linguistic-kill-switch-inside-the-modern-propaganda-playbook/

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