To: DiogenesLamp; rockrr
DiogenesLamp on the word "slavocracy" :
"I merely pointed out that the construction of the word doesn't make any sense, because it implies that the Slaves are the rulers.
Even the Etymology dictionary said the construction is "irregular" (meaning wrong) and it's origin was from the 1840s. " There were many colorful political words from those days, of which some get repeated here, on occasion.
- "Negro President" was said of Jefferson after his 1800 victory over John Adams thanks to the Constitution's 3/5 rule.
- "Black Republicans" because of their support for abolition.
- "Slave power" again referring to the 3/5 rule.
- "Slavocracy" referring to Democrats' Southern leadership.
- "Doughfaced" Northern Democrats who eagerly submitted to Southern domination.
In 1858 Lincoln called Stephen Douglas the biggest Doughface of them all. - "Fire Eaters" Southern secessionists before 1861.
- "Copperheads" Civil War Northerners sympathetic towards Confederates.
- "Ape" Lincoln referring to his, what, hands?
- And more...
602 posted on
04/28/2018 1:38:25 PM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
To: BroJoeK
I’m not trying to put forth a tu quoque argument as you are with this nonsense, I am merely pointing out that propaganda has been going on a long time in this conflict, and that the term “slaveocracy” was intended from the beginning to be a form of propaganda in the manner that “anti-choice” is also a deliberate misstatement of the other sides’ position.
619 posted on
04/28/2018 3:29:32 PM PDT by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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