I say, refuse to surrender on the language. When you adopt the enemy’s vocabulary, you have already half surrendered. I call them homosexuals, cross-dressers, perverts, etc.
I agree.
What they do is Orwellian. It is calculated as a way to impose self-censorship, and when that doesn’t work, to provide a mechanism for other like-minded people to use language they have engineered as a cudgel to demonize and attack people who won’t toe their line.
Typical Leftist tactics.
Yes.
Let's insist on some honesty in advertising !!!
Kidding aside, along with redefining history, abuse of the language is one of the most effective tools American leftists have employed to implement their agenda.
They don't only believe they can can use word redefinition to influence opinion, they believe they can actually alter and remove from our culture entire beliefs, ideas, even facts.
To an alarming extent, they have succeeded.
They stigmatize some words or meanings and co-opt others to soften the impact of their noxious ideas to make them sound neutral, non-threatening and even positive and appealing:
"Gay" instead of sodomite or homosexual.
Abortion isn't abortion to them - it's "women's health care".
Illegal aliens became "undocumented people" - or is it visitors?
Young illegal aliens became "Dreamers".
Those who push their sexual perversity on us are called "courageous".
A homosexual or transsexual who forces his perversion on a business, religions and others a "hero".
A tax cut reducing the money government extorts from us becomes unaffordable government "spending".
And on and on.....