Part of influencing the public is not only control of the media, most of which liberals certainly have, but even the redefining of facts and words.

We’ve seen this in the case of BLM and Antifa, for example. Antifa isn’t real, some in media and Democrats like Joe Biden tell us, even if we see them on video.

If you think you’re seeing riots, you’re wrong because it’s really “mostly peaceful.” And if there’s violence, that’s just because of the police/government/Trump’s response to those “mostly peaceful” riots.

But now the AP is coming for ‘Riot’ too. Check out this liberal admonishment disguised as a stylebook definition clarification.

New guidance on AP Stylebook Online:

Use care in deciding which term best applies:
A riot is a wild or violent disturbance of the peace involving a group of people. The term riot suggests uncontrolled chaos and pandemonium. (1/5)

— APStylebook (@APStylebook) September 30, 2020

Sounds like a perfect definition of BLM/Antifa violence. Plus, riot actually has a legal definition, several people engaged in a disturbance of the peace and/or violence are usually parts of it. But that’s bad apparently.

Focusing on rioting and property destruction rather than underlying grievance has been used in the past to stigmatize broad swaths of people protesting against lynching, police brutality or for racial justice, going back to the urban uprisings of the 1960s. (2/5)

— APStylebook (@APStylebook) September 30, 2020

So a riot can no longer have a standard definition, according to the AP, you shouldn’t call it that if somehow you sympathize with the political reason behind the rioting. Wait, what?

So what are you supposed to call it when people are attacking police, setting fires and looting?

Unrest is a vaguer, milder and less emotional term for a condition of angry discontent and protest verging on revolt. (3/5)

— APStylebook (@APStylebook) September 30, 2020

Notice something subtle there. They’re trying to redefine violence as a legitimate form of protest. They literally are trying to redefine reality.

Revolt and uprising both suggest a broader political dimension or civil upheavals, a sustained period of protests or unrest against powerful groups or governing systems. (5/5)

— APStylebook (@APStylebook) September 30, 2020

They really think that if they can get people to reword it as “unrest” then people might not understand and be disturbed about the riots. They’re actually trying to obscure the facts with more general language.

This isn’t the first time. They also counseled people not to use the “offensive” term looting.

Feels like a good time to post AP’s guidance on the word looting: pic.twitter.com/hjxQWbSYAx

— Kimberlee Kruesi (@kkruesi) May 31, 2020