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A dictionary to educate the politically incorrect
American Civil Rights Union ^ | 25 Apr 2007 | William G. Otis

Posted on 04/27/2007 7:06:20 AM PDT by Herosmith

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The stripping away of meaning from ordinary words is crucial to the triumph of political correctness -- and counteracting this tactic crucial to its defeat. Thus, I want to begin today with what will be a continuing project: publishing the Dictionary of Political Correctness, so that when readers see or hear a fishy phrase, they'll be clued in to what's actually going on.

Here are the first few entries in the Dictionary:

Diversity - Diversity is an outcome that (1) can't be defended on its own merit and (2) therefore has to be glommed together with a bunch of other things so that people won't notice fact (1). Thus, when an academically less qualified minority group member is given a slot in the entering class over a non-minority group member with demonstrably better academic skills, this is "justified" because, "taken as a whole," it gives the incoming class "diversity."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: liberalism
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On the money!
1 posted on 04/27/2007 7:06:22 AM PDT by Herosmith
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Keep ‘em coming...


2 posted on 04/27/2007 7:08:10 AM PDT by Edgerunner (keep your powder dry...)
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Off to a very good start here.


3 posted on 04/27/2007 7:17:55 AM PDT by Bahbah (Regev, Goldwasser & Shalit, we are praying for you.)
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Gun-Safe Zone
A location where no guns exist, until they suddenly do.
4 posted on 04/27/2007 7:21:44 AM PDT by Egon ("If all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them??" - Hugh Neutron)
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And in the wrong hands.


5 posted on 04/27/2007 7:22:31 AM PDT by wastedyears (To a liberal, "feeling safe" is far more important than "being safe" Credit to TruthShallSetYouFree)
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To: Egon

Nuclear Free Zone - A section of Cambridge MA safe from a Nuclear Attack by the Soviet Union because they play Frisbee and eat Granola.


6 posted on 04/27/2007 7:28:55 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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Politically Incorrect - Politically Incorrect is a label used in entertainment to identify somone who will attack the governmental structure of the United States. Comedians with big heads and little brains, and washed up all-girl bands with loud mouthed fat chick lead singers are Politically Incorrect if they say “F Bush”.


7 posted on 04/27/2007 7:30:41 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - Ann Coulter is My Press Secretary)
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To: Edgerunner

Political Correctness - Left wing censorship and thought control, substitution of accurate description of a word or phrase in order to redefine it in non-judgemental, appeasing, liberal terms.


8 posted on 04/27/2007 7:31:27 AM PDT by Wil H
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Progressive (adj.) - Used to describe any policy designed to stop scientific, technical, and economic progress by creating high barriers to success and then punishing any success that occurs.
9 posted on 04/27/2007 7:32:17 AM PDT by kevkrom
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Hate Speech (n.) - Any fact inconvenient to a liberal's "logic".
10 posted on 04/27/2007 7:32:59 AM PDT by kevkrom
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Moderate; supports all left-wing programs and policies. Favors elimination of private property, massively expanded government, impoverishment of the masses by lowering all but the elite leadership to the lowest common economic denominator, dismantling all Armed Forces of the United States except as necessary to enforce above policies, surrender of all facets of national sovreignty otherwise to United Nations. See also: Centrist, Mainstream.

Right Wing Extremist: Any person expressing even mild reservation about accepting any facet of the “moderate” position as defined above.

Political Correctness: A fictional term for a mythical concept. (The first commandment of political correctness is that there is no political correctness).


11 posted on 04/27/2007 7:33:32 AM PDT by henkster (Al Gore is the second coming...of Trofim Lysenko)
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“choice”: a word that applies to killing babies but not schools, guns, certain speech,
jobs, immigration quotas or anything pertaining to `fly-over America’.


12 posted on 04/27/2007 7:34:35 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: kevkrom

and especially that economic part which is technically unfair to all who do nothing and expect everything. OOhhh the diversity we wrap our arms around.


13 posted on 04/27/2007 7:35:04 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Sensei Ern

Politically Correct:Factually Incorrect


14 posted on 04/27/2007 7:35:12 AM PDT by moonhawk (Democrats are to "Diversity and Tolerance" as Islam is to "Peace.")
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Partisan (adj.) - Description of any case where a Republican acts like a Republican.

Bipartisan (adj.) - Description of any case where a Republican agrees to give in to a Democrat.

Nonpartisan (adj.) - Description of any case where a Democrat acts like a Democrat.

15 posted on 04/27/2007 7:35:38 AM PDT by kevkrom
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I'm delighted to see you quoting from this source. These are friends of mine, and I work for, represent and write for the American Civil Rights Union. Emphasis should be on the word "Rights," because an organization associated with the likes of Judge Robert Bork is the polar opposite of the ACLU.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article: "Gun Control, Carolina-Style"

16 posted on 04/27/2007 7:36:35 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Please get involved: www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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To: Herosmith

bump for later read


17 posted on 04/27/2007 7:39:28 AM PDT by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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Political Correctness:

Its OK to pick up the clean end of a turd.

BigMack

18 posted on 04/27/2007 7:44:49 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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I like this one from the euro version. “Humour - as in “sense of”: something that most lefties have surgically removed and replaced with a bile generator”

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20 posted on 04/27/2007 8:03:11 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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