Please stop using the words 'food insecure'

[Arthur_Frain]

74. Maybe, but I'm going to respectfully disagree

When W. did this the first time, I felt it was nothing more than a manifestation of Orwellian doublespeak. While you may have valid points in your argument, I would counter that none of those reasons were why the bush II administration chose to make that change in wording a key point of their communications. I’d be more along the lines that a “food insecure” child doesn’t tug at the heartstrings quite like a “hungry” child does, and they damned well know it. That way the conservative trashing of social safety nets doesn’t seem so bad. It’s just an insecurity, not a real “hunger”. Yes, they know damned well that words mean things.

And hunger has never referred to just food. You can hunger for a lot of things.