Reimagining Rebellion

Reimagining Rebellion

Who Gave That Word Its Power?

Week 4, Day 4 of The Hope Project | Reimagining Burnout in a World Gone Wild

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Gary A Lougher
Mar 05, 2026
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Earlier this week we looked at personal language.

The sentences you use on yourself.

The labels you joke about.

The identities that feel like you.

Today we zoom out.

Because some words didn’t originate in your home.

They were manufactured.

And this is where George Carlin belongs.

Carlin didn’t attack people.

He dismantled vocabulary.

Because vocabulary shapes beh…

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