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Control the words, control the culture
The Coach's Team ^ | 5/13/18 | Michael Knowles

Posted on 05/13/2018 8:11:43 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax

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To: aspasia

Manipulation goes on all the time. Advertising is perhaps the most blatant example.

A brief semantic history of abortion is also illustrative. At one time, those against abortion were ‘anti-abortion.’ But that sounded negative, so they went with ‘pro-life.’ The pro-aborts didn’t like the negative aspect to abortion, so they went to ‘pro-choice.’ Nothing changed but the perceptual after-taste.


21 posted on 05/13/2018 11:46:08 AM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Captain Rhino

I’ll never forget Bill Clinton’s remark when he left office: “They have the microphone now.”


22 posted on 05/13/2018 11:52:05 AM PDT by aspasia
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To: Oldpuppymax

Words mean things!


23 posted on 05/13/2018 11:55:31 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Oldpuppymax
Top Republican says White House should condemn aid who mocked McCain

Key words: top and mocked. Top is good, mocked is bad.

BTW, why is mocked bad?

24 posted on 05/13/2018 12:19:17 PM PDT by aspasia
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In the academic world, newer scholarship is good, but if it's about an ancient ms, the older one is better. And now for the extra-credit essay question: if a theocracy is bad, and a nation-state is bad, what happens to communities? Will they disappear in the global order?
25 posted on 05/13/2018 12:19:26 PM PDT by aspasia
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To: Oldpuppymax

same sex = homosexual
faith based = religious
gay = homosexual
transgendered = mutilated human
undocumented = illegal
fetus = baby

ridiculous


26 posted on 05/13/2018 12:30:33 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: Captain Rhino; bitt; seekthetruth
***we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it***

BABEL! Perfectly defined, perfectly described. See the power, as in Acts chapter 2, when all are of one accord! Babel MUST be undone for the establishment of the kingdom of antichrist ... all the world must come together in one accord. See Zephaniah 3:9 & 13, Isaiah 11:9 & 15.

27 posted on 05/13/2018 7:28:27 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Another example: The left has finally realized that “Gun Control” is a losing issue for them. More and more, they are using the term “Gun Safety” in it’s place. “Control” is one thing, but who could be opposed to “Safety?” Same agenda, new name.


28 posted on 05/13/2018 7:37:20 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Captain Rhino
I trust you are familiar with the source.

For the few, another clue. :-)


29 posted on 05/13/2018 8:57:24 PM PDT by Oatka (tHE)
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To: Oldpuppymax; Albion Wilde

30 posted on 05/14/2018 8:46:39 AM PDT by aspasia
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