I agree, controlling the lexicon is very important.
Notice how they try to call Obamacare by it’s official Orwellian name.
Abortion=”choice”
Gay marriage= “Same Sex Marriage” or “Marriage Equality” (we already have marriage equality, gay men are free to marry woman and vice versa)
Gun Control=”sensible restrictions”
Tax hikes=”revenue enhancement”!
Union giveaways are called “rebuilding our nation’s crumbling infrastructure”
Then there’s the whole “red state/blue state” thing.
Even the word “liberal” itself, isn’t supposed to mean “socialist”. They co-opted it.
That’s a good start but there are many many more... some so subtle even republicans and some conservatives fall in the trap of using them. I’ve started making a list, here’s a few:
access (as access to birth control) - you pay for what I want
affordable housing - subsidizing housing
government expense - a tax cut
justice (as in social justice, environmental justice, economic justice, reproductive justice, etc. ad infinitum) - I want what you have
investment - a new government program
diversity - backdoor quotas
sustainability - politburo type of planning
giving back (as giving back to the community) - shakedown
community - a pressure group
tolerance - forced acceptance and even exaltation of behavior you abhor
hate speech - something they disagree with, or very often, the truth
That’s enough for now.
Agreed.
This ties in perfectly with the current level of devolution of Western culture - rank liberalism with emphasis on buggery and social engineering.
Profligate spending on education = Investment
‘Marriage equality’
‘Tax fairness’
‘Pay equity’
‘gun safety’
I will repost part of a comment I made here on March 27, 2013.
Here's what Dems taught themselves to do in the 2000s:
1) redefine the terms of the debate so they favor them : marriage equality, gun safety, and tax fairness and repeat them over and over to the MSM and on camera.
2) Understand your opponents argument in detail so you can dismember it. This is very different than just listening to those who you like because they-say what you want to hear
3) Understand who you are trying to convince, so you understand what arguments he/she will be receptive too. #3 goes closely with #2.
“Even the word “liberal” itself, isn’t supposed to mean “socialist”. They co-opted it.”
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Yes and now that they are through with it they have thrown it away in favor of “progressive” which is being applied to those who have ideas that in reality are REgressive. Liberal will never again be used in its original meaning just as “gay” will never again refer to simply being happy and having a great time.
Anyone who ever imagined that the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” had anything to do with either one is hopelessly naive and should rely on someone else to manage his affairs for him. You can mark the descent of America into the abyss by the history of government scheming to take over medicine. Richard Nixon originated the plan but never even attempted to pass the law, Hillary Clinton attempted to do it in the first year of Slick Willy’s administration but could not even get it out of a committee controlled by her own party. By 2010 a large enough percentage had become as muddle headed as Joe Biden that it could be forced through without the support of a single Republican. If you have someone around you who was silly enough to support this travesty keep your eyes open, they are not to be trusted.
It’s not enough to recognize how the Lib/Progs control the lexicon; we need to do it ourselves. For starters:
Pro-choice >> Pro-death
Assault weapon >> Personal safety device
The creative people I know tend to be overwhelmingly conservative. Why we continue losing the language war is a puzzle to me.