One of my favorite rhetorical techniques is to use multiple negative descriptors to criticize something, and then to complement an alternative, but still keep one of the negative descriptors. Here is a recent paraphrased example: "We should rise above the abstract and meaningless semantic arguments so we can have a more concrete and meaningful semantic argument instead" I feel like this language trick encourages critical thinking. Just because a descriptor has a bad connotation doesn't mean you should be afraid to use it for something you approve of. Especially if it is one of the cases where the descriptor is accurate and good.