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The rise of ‘deplatform’
The Atlantic that social media had no choice but to suspend Donald Trump’s accounts. “Though they hesitated to moderate or deplatform Trump for much of his presidency, he’s pushed them to somewhat pointed action in the past several months,” Tiffany wrote. She also linked to an October 2020 article of hers, though that previous article did not use the word “deplatform,” which had not yet gained traction outside of social media.
Trump’s banishment from social media, however, led to an explosion of uses of “deplatform,” a verb meaning to deny someone the ability to post on social media. Already this year, according to a worldwide English-language Nexis search, “deplatform” has appeared in more than three hundred news stories a total that exceeds those of the preceding three years combined, and suggests that “deplatform” is here to stay. Even the
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Out of ‘spite’
Donald Trump insists he won the presidential election, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.
Donald Trump insists he won the presidential election, in spite of
mountains of evidence to the contrary.
Do you read both sentences the same way?
“Despite” and “in spite of” are both prepositions meaning the same thing: in fact,
Despite and
Associated Press Stylebook entry for “in spite of” says, simply: “
Despite means the same thing and is shorter.”
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And yet.
“In spite of” has a slightly more defiant connotation: not just “notwithstanding,” another synonym, but with malice or contempt.