A review by pamelibrarian
An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language: Learn to Hear What's Left Unsaid by Ali Almossawi

2.0

This is basically an expanded discussion of logical fallacies, but couched in this weird rabbits vs. badgers metaphor. The rabbits and badgers were so distracting! What's the point? On page 72, Almossawi cites a quote by Bobby Kennedy and introduces the quote as follows: "In a 1961 broadcast, an ex-attorney general, brother to the then-president, says." Then, directly after said quote, the author quotes James Baldwin who explicitly names (guess who?) Bobby Kennedy! Why this whole vague, faux-neutral language in the first place? I see no benefit to re-labeling groups as animals, and the illustrations add nothing to the impact of the book.

Additionally, the author often attributed quotes to "a paper of note" instead of just ... naming the publication. It's been printed--why not cite it properly?