The Russians have an expression: words are deeds. Indeed, words contain a mesmeric power, and while this power can be used for good, it can also be used to harness dark and pernicious forces. For as Orwell understood all too well, words can be hijacked by a corrupt ruling class and used to indoctrinate, manipulate, and deceive.
In order to understand how the liberal class has come to be so beguiled by the forces of reaction, one must take note of the unprecedented liberal hysteria over racism, sexism, and homophobia. Indeed, the more liberals remain transfixed with this unholy trinity, the more indifferent they become to the terrible suffering inflicted by capitalism, as they are drawn further and further to the right, and pulled ever more deeply into a vortex of amorality.
This is not to suggest that racism, sexism, and homophobia do not exist, but rather, that
these words have been co-opted by a ruling establishment which has succeeded in duping the faux-left into embracing policies that are deeply antithetical to the interests of American workers, patients, and students.
Comment: Did it really take "experts" to tell us that taking advice from an agency with a glaring conflict of interest is a bad idea? If PHE is really so concerned with reducing the harm alcohol has on the public, why wouldn't they get funding from an agency whose bottom line doesn't depend on people drinking more?
See also: