Thanks to Andy Beshear!

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Tonight on The Newshour, Andy Beshear gave me words to explain my unease with some leftist behavior. This isn't a direct quote, but it's close.

One of the things the Democrats have to change is their language. Too often they sound like they're talking at instead of to people, Sometimes even talking down. An example is "substance abuse disorder." That doesn't contain the reality of "addiction." People need to get credit for wrestling something awful like "addiction." "Substance abuse disorder" doesn't do it.

I would add to that "differently abled." People who are blind or can't walk are dealing with real hardships.

What do you think?

In general, I sympathize with the impulse to remove stigmas, but I think the solution does more harm than good. I'll go so far as to say that I was not happy when some power on high (the AP, I think) declared that "black" should now be capitalized. One more way to identify people who are not sufficiently aware and erect barriers.