Word: sloganized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Representatives of a coalition of women's rights advocates, abortion rights activists and opponents to the referendum--known as Prposition 1-2-3--said at a news conference last week that 1-2-3 backers are using the slogan "Vote for Choice" to intentionally trick voters into confusing the proposition with abortion rights...
Backers of 1-2-3, however, said this week that the slogan is not intended to deceive voters, saying the reference to the abortion issue is aimed at making the public think about what choices they should make for themselves...
Cambridge realtor and Proposition 1-2-3 author Frederick R. Meyer said Rosemary D. White of the Cambridge Homeownership Association (CHOA) conceived of the slogan because "we need to get people thinking about what we allow choices for and what...
Participants at the press conference said the "Vote for Choice" slogan is particularly offensive because it equates abortion rights and Proposition 1-2-3, even though women--presumably the targets of the campaign-would be most hurt if the referendum caused the supply of rentcontrolled apartments to shrink...
...when the student body rallied to the cause of gays and lesbians in protest of the military's discrimination, the contest of values took on broader terms. ROTC advocates realized this when they adapted the campaign slogan, "Tolerance for everyone." But that was only a superficial acknowledgment of the underlying principle...