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clarkmoody on Aug 26, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vermont Quits War on Drugs to Treat Heroin Abuse a...

While we're at it, I would love to see the "scandal-gate" terminology disappear as well.

According to Wikipedia[1], the "war on crime" was used by Hoover in the '30s.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_as_metaphor

praneshp on Aug 26, 2014 [–]

Heh. When I commented, I had intended to say the same thing about *-gate :)

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