YSK Manipulative language can serve as a tool for misleading the public, doing so not with falsehoods but rather the strategic use of language, such as replacing a disagreeable term (torture) with another (enhanced interrogation). People judged this as largely truthful and distinct from lies.
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YSK Manipulative language can serve as a tool for misleading the public, doing so not with falsehoods but rather the strategic use of language, such as replacing a disagreeable term (torture) with another (enhanced interrogation). People judged this as largely truthful and distinct from lies.