I return periodically to the topic of how the right wing in America is murdering the English language, one word at a time. For instance, if you listen to them, you will find out that the words "appeasement" or "appeaser" are applied anytime a politician advocates any solution to an international disagreement other than a full military assault on the country with whom we have a disagreement. See an earlier article of mine on this here
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_steven_l_061013_appeasement___republ.htm
The latest lexical victims are "Socialism" and "Communism". The Republican and Conservative right in America now liberally apply these words to anyone who is center and center left, including all Democrats and President Barack Obama. You can see/hear this happen with regularity on Rush Limbaugh's radio show, and on the website Free Republic www.freerepublic.com . In fact, the owner of Free Republic recently issued a missive warning the site's members to stop writing posts threatening President Obama and said missive was laced with proclamations that Obama is a Communist or Communist sympathizer. See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200093/posts .
“Right to privacy” - Abortion
“Heteronormative” = Making comments too specific to only heterosexual relationships
“Progressive” = Left Liberal or Socialist
“Radical” = Conservative
“Undocumented Immigrants” = Illegal Aliens
“Special interest groups” = Non-liberal groups
“Monopoly” = Any corporation with market cap over $500 million
“Fundamentalist” = Conservative
“Greed” = Profit motive
“Rigid Ideologue” = A conservative who stands on principles.
“Compromise” = Agree with liberal agenda
“Affirmative Action” = Racial Preferences
“Lies” = “Policy Differences”
“Patriotism” = “Judgement”
“Racism” = “Anyone who Disagrees with Us”
“Fascism” = “We don’t have a clue what it means, but we use it anyway”
“Assault Weapons” = Any Firearm including scary looking guns with a military appearance. The functionality of said guns is irrelevant.
“Cut” = Reduction in the rate of growth
“Pandering” = What Republicans do when supporting something liberals don’t like. Usually applies to the NRA or religious right.
“Coddling” See “pandering.”
“Health Care” = Abortion rights
“Unconstitutional” = “we don’t like it.”
“Open Minded” = “Subscribes to Liberal Dogma”
“Profiteering” = Not losing money
“Managed competition” = Government takeover
“Overheated economy” = Prosperity
“Fully fund” = Write a Blank check
“Diversity” = Lock step conformity with liberal agenda
“Closed-minded” = Does not agree with liberal agenda
“Right wing extremist” = Please See ‘closed-minded’ & ‘extremist’
“Social responsibility” = Force someone else to pay for it
“Socially responsible investments” = Invest in money-losing ventures that liberals failed to get taxpayer funding for
“Welfare for the rich” = What people have left after taxes
“Corporate welfare” = Gross revenue minus taxes
“Corporate subsidy” = See ‘corporate welfare’
“Deserving poor” = People who vote for liberals
“Tax the rich” = Tax anyone with a job
“Multiculturalism” = America is responsible for all the world’s ills and is inferior to all other cultures
“Choice”= The right to terminate (kill) your unborn child, but does not include the right to decide where your child will attend school if he or she survives “choice”. Choice to carry a firearm for self-defense? No! Choice to privatize your Social Security? No!
“Oversight” = Government
“Working Americans” = Only lower and middle class Americans
“Conduct a review” = Strategic delay.
“Exploit” = Employ
“Consistent ethic of life” = “We’re not really pro-abortion, but we’re embarrassed by the Church’s pro-life teachings because it places at odds with our favored party, the Democrats.”
“Militants” = Islamofascists
“Insurgents” = Terrorists
“Freedom Fighters” = Please see “Militants” and “Insurgents”.
“Decriminalization” = Legalization
“Regulate” = Ban
“Unilateral Action” = “A small coalition of the “bribed and coerced”.
“Undermining democracy” = When any Republican legislation passes.
“Assault” = Republican/conservative legislation on civil rights, medicare, welfare, social security, etc.
“Unprecedented” = Anything a conservative does to challenge thirty years of liberalism.
“The constitution is a living document.” = The Constitution is malleable enough to be reworked at the whim of the courts.
“Deficit Reduction” = Tax Hike
“Mean-spirited” = Any Republican attempt to roll back the welfare state or any entitlements
“At risk youth” = Any kid likely to become a criminal. This phrase is used when pushing for spending for some social
program.
“Hate rhetoric” = Criticism of liberals.
“Angry white male” = A white male who voted Republican/conservative.
“Racism” = Opposition to anything a minority wants.
“Gun lobby” = National Rifle Association (NRA)
“Religious right” = Conservatives who believe in God.
“Extremist” Anybody who opposes anything a liberal wants.
“Guns on the street” = Private ownership of firearms. Also includes guns locked inside cabinets.
“Bipartisanship” = When “moderate” and/or “Rino” Republicans go along with the liberal agenda.
“Tax breaks for the rich” = Any Republican tax plan.
“War on the poor” = See “Tax breaks for the rich.”
“Democracy” = Liberal legislation
“Criminal’s gun of choice” = Whatever class of firearm the liberals are trying to ban at the moment. Crime statistics concerning
the particular weapons are irrelevant.
“Contributions” = Taxes
“Stolen election” = When the Republican candidate gets more votes than the Democrat candidate.
“Progressive” = Socialist
“Independence Card” = A government debit card to replace food stamps.
“Discrimination against poor women” = When republicans pass legislation
“American People” - Democrats, all others fall into the right-wing conspiracy camp who aren’t considered American, and have no 1st Amendment
rights.
“Pat Buchanon Republicans” = Racist bigoted Republicans. Please see ‘Extremists”.
“Moral Victory” = Voters approved ponzi socialist scheme
“Christian Right” = People who go to church and vote.
“Gun nut” = Any person who owns a gun.
“Enlightened” = Those that openly protest or boycott Conservative or Libertarian agenda
“Tools” = Money
“Ultra Conservative” = A person who is too conservative.
“Womens Rights” = Supporting the right to destroy a fetus for any reason, including personal convenience.
“Fetus” = An unborn child that is to be aborted.
“Baby” = An unborn child that is not to be aborted.
“Censorship” = A government’s refusal to fund a work of art
“Sexist” - A man who disagrees with women who hold liberal views.
“Victims”: = The liberals target constituency....Black people and women, but essentially members of every group, except heterosexual males and ethnic groups that tend to hold conservative
views.
“Homophobe” = A person who believes that man-woman love and marriage ought to be society’s ideal.
“Investment” = We want to spend more of your money.
“Filthy Rich” = A person who works two jobs.
“Obscenely Rich” = A person who employs others.
“Intolerance” = Disagreeing with the liberal point of view.
“Propaganda” = Facts and data that supports an opposing view.
“So and so has an agenda” = A person who disagrees with a liberal.
(www.liberalspeak.com)
I was thinking more along the lines of their "Liberal" use of the work "Nazi" in describing any Conservative and especially President Bush. Not only is the term used wrongly, but its meaning is being diluted from the nightmare with which it should be exclusively associated.
Funny, but I would say the a government takeover of the entire healthcare system is a dramatic move towards socialism.
Hey Jim, at least their talking about you...:)
Steven Leser doesn't have a clue FR is a Conservative website, not a Republican website.
It is impossible to be a Socialist or a Communist if one is not calling for the nationalization of entire industries.
That's true of you exclude the calls to nationalize the banking industry.
