Editing Glittering generality (section)

==Qualities==
A glittering generality has two qualities: it is [[vague]] and it has positive [[connotation]]s. Words and phrases such as "[[common good]]", "[[reform]]", "[[courage]]", "[[democracy]]", "[[Freedom (political)|freedom]]", "[[hope]]", "[[patriotism]]", “[[family values]]”, "[[Strength (disambiguation)|strength]]", are terms with which people all over the world have powerful [[Association (psychology)|associations]], and they may have trouble disagreeing with them. However, these words are highly [[Wiktionary:abstract|abstract]] and ambiguous, and meaningful differences exist regarding what they actually mean or should mean in the real world. [[George Orwell]] described such words at length in his essay "[[Politics and the English Language]]"
<blockquote> The words ''democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic, realistic, justice'' have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like ''democracy,'' not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using that word if it were tied down to any one meaning. Words of this kind are often used in a consciously dishonest way. That is, the person who uses them has his own private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something quite different. Statements like "[[Henri Philippe Pétain|Marshal Pétain]] was a true patriot," "The Soviet press is the freest in the world," "The Catholic Church is opposed to persecution," are almost always made with intent to deceive. Other words used in variable meanings, in most cases more or less dishonestly, are:  ''class, totalitarian, liberal, reactionary,  equality.''</blockquote>