Disenfranchise
I hate this word because it's one of those mass-media buzzwords that's overused to a ridiculous degree. Apparently everyone in the country is constantly in danger of being disenfranchised, or has been disenfranchised, etc.
"The post office had a one-day delay because half of the midwest was buried in fourteen feet of snow. Those fuckers are disenfranchising an entire population of hard-working, honest, voting citizens!"
I think that word should be saved for situations like:
"You're Scandinavian, so your pale ass can't vote anymore."
THAT'S disenfranchising.
*sigh*
Here I am with all this poetry in my soul, and no access to it. I have to console myself by degrading the ineptitude of others, which isn't anywhere near as satisfying. Although, to be fair, the mass-media not only deserve every bit of derision they get, they deserve far more.
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