Tag: Dehumanisation

The Pathology of Political Metaphor

PodcastOn the Cancer of Calling Others Cancer A certain rot has taken hold of political discourse—one that begins the moment we cease to see our adversaries as human beings and begin to see them as diseases. The metaphor of cancer, that most dreaded of diagnoses, has become a favoured instrument in the rhetorical arsenal of… — read more

Mar 16, 2026
The Skewed Lens of “The Right Side of History”

PodcastOn the Weaponisation of Historical Morality and the Erasure of Conscience There is a phrase that circulates through political rhetoric with the confidence of an axiom and the substance of a mirage: stand on the right side of history. It is uttered with the gravity of moral certainty — by presidents and pundits, by those… — read more

Mar 15, 2026

The Pathology of Political Metaphor