Word on the Paved Byway

AITOOW wonders when groups became cohorts and shortcuts became hacks? What was the impetus? They don't sound anti-anything. Did those words not explain perfectly what they were supposed to? Or was that the problem? They were too accurate and the Left needed to discredit them to help destabilize the status quo? To allow for a smoother transition to their management team of course. The one that is possible in a relativistic world.