LOADED WORDS
“militant” — what this word changes.
"Militant" frames a combatant as a threat. "Fighter" or "freedom fighter" frames the same person more neutrally or even positively.
“militant” makes the story feel like
violent, threatening, dangerous.
The contrast: “fighter”
The other side's framing of the same event: neutral, combatant, no moral charge.
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How Optics uses these words
Optics doesn't decide which framing is “right.” It surfaces them so a reader can see, in one glance, that the same event is being labeled completely differently depending on which outlet picked the verb. See the full loaded-word catalog or read the methodology.