How 'witch-hunts' and 'Stockholm syndrome' became part of political language (and what it has to do with wrestling)
- Written by Howard Manns, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
It’s hard to sympathise with powerful people hounding out innocents — which is why the Coalition wanted us to know the Robodebt Royal Commission was a political witch-hunt. Poor Donald Trump wants us to know he’s the victim of a witch-hunt, too.
To be fair, maybe the Coalition and Trump are trading on the good reputation of...
