Euphemisms about Diversity and Relationships (in Quotes)

DIVERSITY

In the last Batman movie they told me that I couldn't get an audition for a small role they were casting because they weren't "going urban". (Zoe Kravitz)

Ideology: white people of Christian background just get to be British. Ethnic and religious minorities have to identify with Britain. (Daniel Trilling ‏@trillingual)

Multiculturalism is relativistic. No culture is more valuable than [any] other. (Miloš Tomin ‏@hogtownserb He also says that the Byzantine Empire (eg) was not multicultural because it had a dominant culture.)

People call you a North London geek. (Jeremy Paxman to Ed Miliband)

Jack to Liz: the television audience doesn’t want your elitist, East Coast, alternative, intellectual, left-wing –
Liz: Jack, just say Jewish, this is taking forever.
(30 Rock)

“Flamboyant North London businessman" is code for “Jew”, according to Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian, October 2013.

As David Cameron admits that Britain is disjointed by mass immigration, Ruth Dudley Edwards examines the consequences of our lax policies. (The Daily Telegraph, 14 April 2011)

Who is to blame for fractured Britain? (The Daily Telegraph headline, April 14 2011)


RELATIONSHIPS

The translation agency only advertises for girls with “no complexes”: code for being prepared to bed the client. (Times article on Russian gold-diggers, Feb 2015)

Prenuptial agreements are booming among wealthy couples desperate to avoid the expense of a messy contested divorce settlement. (Evening Standard, 7 May 2008 For "messy", read "expensive".)

"Compromise" being code for doing exactly what their male partner wants regardless of their own pleasure. (elegantgatheringofwhitesnows.com on a piece in the Metro on why men should date single mothers – one of the reasons is that they are more prepared to "compromise".)

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Euphemisms about Lies (in Quotes)

Norumbega Castle

LIES
Several decades later, an English explorer named David Ingram elaborated (i.e., lied) and described the fabulously rich city of Norumbega that he claimed to have visited himself. This city of silver, gold, and pearls was generally believed to be in Maine (specifically on the Penobscot River), but explorers sought the place in vain. (straightdope.com on the Vikings’ supposed visits to the US)

The Department of Work and Pensions has admitted that “case studies” showing the benefits of sanctions on peoples’ lives were “illustrative” only, i.e. lies. (thepetitionsite.com)


ARGUMENTS
‏You don't get it - or, in other words, you disagree.
Ignorance. n. The state of not accepting my opinions.
Educate yourself, by which I mean agree with my opinions.
(@BDSixsmith)

"Attacked by angry atheists" = received tweets questioning logic. (@MrOzAtheist)

"Injecting politics" aka "saying something I don't like". (@AmyDentata)

It is the anger of the pure believer towards the apostate. (Tim Lott in the Guardian on lefties who take issue with his Spiked attitudes. They disagreed with you, Tim. In another column he wrote that, since he earns more than his wife, on major expenditures his wishes over-ride hers. And he really can’t understand why she’s so angry. (March 2015)

According to my dictionary one meaning of "strident" is "Presenting a point of view in an excessively forceful way". (phinch@cix Do they mean “not surrounding it with caveats or ifs and buts”?)

When did 'holding a contrary opinion' become 'trolling'? (David Didau ‏@LearningSpy)

Aggressive and adversarial conflict generates publicity but it sets back the cause of proper conservation. (The chairman of the Hawk and Owl Trust on Chris Packham. Translation: This man disagreed with me.)


DECLENSIONS
"We are voicing our legitimate discontent." "They are a mob". ( Ben Evans ‏@kittylyst Re junior scientists “hounding” Tim Hunt.)
“Tim Hunt was hounded out of his job and his career was ruined!” = He was sacked from honorary positions, he had already retired.

I engage, you harass. (@BDSixsmith)

Consumerism is when people buy things you don't approve of. But your own shopping choices show great taste and character. (Karl Sharro ‏@KarlreMarks)
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You do not understand this, therefore you are an idiot.
I do not understand this, therefore it is nonsense.(Steven Poole)

I explore neglected urban neighbourhoods;
You enjoy a vibrant cultural mix;
He gentrifies.(Lee Jackson ‏@VictorianLondon)

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