My brain just doesn’t seem to be firing on all cylinders today - I can’t seem to recall what the term for this is. I want to say it’s a ‘slang’ term, but maybe not? Help me!

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    1 day ago

    You could be talking about passive framing.

    Johnson was struck by a round fired from the gun of Deputy Jackson, leading to a loss of blood which turned out to be fatal.

    vs.

    Deputy Jackson shot and killed Johnson.

    It’s not really positive rhetoric, though, just framing the event so passively that the shooter feels completely disconnected from the death of the victim.