1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogDC Veganhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/DC Vegan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1cApxUKcZL"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/changing-the-language/">Changing the Language</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/changing-the-language/embed/#?secret=1cApxUKcZL" width="600" height="338" title="“Changing the Language” — HappyCow" data-secret="1cApxUKcZL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> An image above Herbivore’s table at the recent AR 2008 conference in Alexandria, Virginia, was a pin which read “There is no such thing as humane meat.”  It’s something I wish the organizers of last year’s Taking Action for Animals conference had realized when they had a panel of ranchers who produced what I insist on calling less cruelly produced meat.  And it brought to the forefront of my mind how language—and how people word things—can color one’s viewpoint.   I’m not unfamiliar with the concept.  I’ve been a feminist all my life and have taken part in many pro-choice actions, so I know that how we refer to ourselves and to the other side frames the debate.  And as a proud liberal, I know that conservatives are pretty good at controlling the language.  Anyone who has spent the past seven years in George Orwell’s—I mean, Bush’s—America knows all too well that he and/or his speechwriters are very good at using language to obfuscate and confuse.  They tricked the media into selling an immoral war and tricked (many of) the citizens into supporting it and convinced us to cheerfully let them eviscerate the Constitution in the name of security, much […]https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-HappyCowSQUARE-2016-512.jpg512512