This is from Kim duToit:

Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
-George Orwel

"Yup.

And when this convention is not followed, of course, one is labeled a fool, or stupid; as though plain-speaking is a deficiency rather than a virtue."

You said it, brother.