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comments, ephemera, speculation, etc. (protected political speech and personal opinion) 2020- 2020-10-11 a Dangerous Leftist Word Games New AP Stylebook guidance
recommends using 'unrest' instead of 'riot' to avoid
stigmatizing protesters
Even rioting is protected by the PC police The Associated Press Stylebook tweeted an admonishment to stop using the word "riot" to describe political protests and instead use the milder "unrest" to avoid stigmatizing protesters. The guidance was tweeted on Tuesday amid numerous protests, riots and looting across the country. "Use care in deciding which term best applies: A riot is a wild or violent disturbance of the peace involving a group of people. The term riot suggests uncontrolled chaos and pandemonium," the official AP Stylebook Twitter account said. New guidance on AP
Stylebook Online: Use care in deciding
which term best applies: A riot is a wild or violent dis… https://t.co/JgoCLzat38 — APStylebook (@APStylebook) 1601487064.0 "Focusing on rioting and property destruction
rather than underlying grievance has been used in the
past to stigmatize broad swaths of people protesting
against lynching, police brutality or for racial
justice, going back to the urban uprisings of the
1960s," the AP Stylebook explained. (read
more)
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