SEMANTIC IMPERIALISM - implying that no one else does what you do by prefacing your sentence with "We."

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Oct 7, 2007, 11:59:52 AM10/7/07
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George Will said, on the show "This Week with George Stephanopolis"
Sunday, Oct 7, 2007,
"All voters are values voters. This Semantic Imperialism is [...], 'we
vote values,' other voters vote...what?"

Semantic Imperialism is commonly used with a specific phonetic
inflection of tone to imply that other groups or individuals are
somehow bereft of a quality possessed by the speaker.

The pitch of the voice takes the form of the tilde '~', slightly up,
then down, then up again, while using first person singular or plural
pronouns (I, We, Our, My, Mine).

"~ Republicans wash their hands after using the restroom."
"~ We vote values."
"~ I'm against abortion."

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