Attila the Republican

Language Log 2020-09-22

Summary:

A new political advertisement, apparently from the campaign of Kelly Loeffler: The "fight China" part seems to be based on stereotypes of Genghis Khan, since Attila attacked Persia and the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, including France and Italy, and never threatened China. The "attack big government" and "eliminate the liberal scribes" points fit generic […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=48544&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=48544

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Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

09/22/2020, 12:43

Date published:

09/22/2020, 03:17