List of Liberal Code Phrases

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John's List of Liberal Code Phrases

  Liberal politicians and media figures often put forth the claim that certain words, when used by conservatives, "really" mean something else, and must be translated for the general public to understand.

  Well, liberals have their own code phrases too. When you see or hear one of the following phrases from a liberal, you can simply substitute the real meaning, and then you can understand what they're talking about.

When liberals say	Normal people would have said	Example of use
activists	rabble
	advocate	rabble-rouser
affirmative action	exclusion of straight white males
alternative		1. aberrant 2. disgusting 3. self-destructive	"The Rainbow Cirriculum is designed to raise tolerance for alternative livestyles."
assault weapon	privately-owned weapon
balance	1. Two liberals arguing over the rate at which government should be expanded 2. Three or more liberals who are allowed to speak freely vs. one conservative who is never allowed to utter a complete sentence 3. Two or more liberals vs. congenitally insane person passed off as a conservative
Bible thumper	non-liberal Christian
big business	an operation that makes money but doesn't donate to liberals
can't	don't want to	"There must be a safety net for those who can't work."
censorship	the refusal to fund a liberal viewpoint	"Eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts is censorship."
compassion	tax increases		"Mr. Clinton today announced that compassion would be the cornerstone of his administration."
compromise with	cave in to	"We call upon the Republicans to compromise with President Clinton."
concerned citizen	Democratic Party contributor	"Today Mr. Gore met with concerned citizens in the Buddhist commmunity."
conservative bias		1. logic 2. reason 3. objectivity	"The Harvard faculty is careful to avoid conservative bias at all times."
disadvantaged	unproductive
draconian cut	1% reduction in spending
eco-friendly	1. expensive 2. shoddy 3. dangerous 4. made by brother-in-law of EPA administrator 5. any combination of the above
endangered species	evolutionary dead end
extremism	consistency
giving to	taking less from
hate speech	unvarnished truth	"The FCC should do something about the hate speech on Limbaugh's show."
homophobic	disputes claims of gay rights advocates
invest in	1. waste money on 2. give unearned money to	"We must invest in the developing nations and our own inner cities."
mean-spirited	practical	"The libertarian plan to eliminate the public schools is mean-spirited."
minority rights	privileges for a select few minority leaders
moderate	liberal
Nazi	conservative
oppress	ignore	"The conservatives plan to oppress the poor."
out of context	by an unbiased reporter		"Reverend Farrakhan stated that he had been quoted out of context."
racist	not biased against whites and Asians
religious right	neither atheist nor liberal
rich	1. not eligible for welfare 2. trailer home paid off 3. still has money left over after paying taxes 4. productive	"Mr. Clinton promised that any future tax increases would be borne by the rich."
right wing	non-liberal
sexist	not biased against men
	spending cut	smaller increase than what we wanted	"We object to the spending cut in the School Lunch Program."
slashed spending	spending neither increased nor decreased
starve	work for a living	"The Republican plan for welfare reform will cause the poor to starve."
taking from	giving less to
unfair towards	not rigged in favor of
vast right-wing conspiracy	collection of honest people	"...this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president."
war on the poor	tax cuts
warmonger	patriot
windfall profits	earnings

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[MHGinTN]

Reproductive choice = right to hire a serial killer to 'dispatch' an alive unborn child in a bloody rite of feminist passage; must be defended at all cost and regardless of the absurdities relied upon

[So Cal Rocket]

progressive = socialist

[MHGinTN]

Example of use : "This ban on partial birth slaughter of alive babies abortion is an assault on women's reproductive choice."

[correctthought]

Right to choose, freedom of choice: ability to practice infanicide.

[correctthought]

Sensible gun control - weapons ban

[correctthought]

good one

[RBroadfoot]

Sorry, there's an error in these definitions:

"draconian cut = 1% reduction in spending " is incorrect.

The correct definition for "draconian cut" is an increase that does not keep pace with increases in inflation and population.

Seldom indeed does a draconian cut involve an actual, absolute reduction in spending (unless it involved defense pre-911).

[Begin]

What? No mention of "hegemony"?

[correctthought]

So, take activists from the list= rabble rouser and add anti war = anti American = anti American rabble rouser. I like this list

[Dante3]

Seems liberals are more likely than others to use the term "community" such as the "obese community" instead of "obese people" and "gay community" when just gays would be sufficient.

[correctthought]

so community = special interest group.

[PRSOrlando]

intolerant bigot = a person who has morals and ethics.

[reformedliberal]

Ping for funny because it is true

[Diogenesis]

“If she had lived, Mary Jo Kopechne would be 63 years old,
and she would have taken offense at this list, thread and website.”

Boston Globe

[Smartass]

Good post.

[PRSOrlando]

insurgent = a person who wants to kill all non-Muslims.
tolerance = throwing your morals out the window and accepting everything.
real journalism = biased propaganda of CNN, ABC, CBS, etc.

[Physicist]

sustainable = stagnant, nonexistent or negative

Usage: "As a democrat, I favor sustainable growth."

[Physicist]

winning life's lottery = success through hard and honest work

[lilylangtree]

This is quite accurate. Bible-Thumper = Conservative Christian