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71% of Americans say the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor". But if you use the word "welfare" that number drops to 30% (lemmy.world)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Words matter.

You aren't writing an academic paper. Always use simple direct language.

Help the poor
Healthcare for everyone
Good treatment at work.

Don't use complex words.

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[–] nucleative@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm a little bit concerned about the colors of each line on this graph.

I would hope this kind of study would be apolitical attempt to discover where we have agreement as opposed to disagreement. And if vernacular is the core difference let's not use color choices that could be interpreted as means something else.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Nothing is apolitical anymore, deal with it