Negotiating with Uniformed and Well-Supplied Terrorists (not "Demonstrators")

Bravo Blue ^ | 25 Apr 2024 | John Lucas

[Rummyfan]

Once again, choose accurate language. That is not “demonstrators.”

I have previously written about the importance of accurate language to inform the American public about what is going on. See “Covid” Didn’t Destroy Businesses and Lives; the Government Did. Language shapes the terrain on which the political debates are fought. Many of our supposedly “elite” commentators, however, do not appear to understand this. I see constant references, even on outlets like Fox News, to the “demonstrators” when describing the pro-Hamas supporters who are shutting down freeways, blocking bridges illegally, and occupying campuses while assaulting and preventing Jewish students from attending classes.

Referring to these modern-day Nazi thugs as “demonstrators” yields the high ground to them. After all, media figures constantly remind us that demonstrating is a First Amendment right that is part of a long tradition in U.S. history and culture. So, surrendering to the use of that label runs the risk of validating the pro-terrorist activities of these unabashed terrorist supporters.

So, what should the shorthand description of these people be? “Occupiers” is accurate enough for some of them, but in my opinion, it does not carry quite enough heft.

I heard today that Mike Pence described them referred to them as “Pro-terrorist mobs.” Even if you don’t like the former Vice-President, give the devil his due. His description probably is as good as any....

[Rummyfan]

[linMcHlp]

1 month in a "barracks" at Auschwitz. No blankets. No bedding. No water. No heat. No lighting. No food. No clothes. No windows to keep out the elements. Nobody helping.

Might stimulate "demostrators" who deny the NAZI purge of Jews, to anticipate the consequences, let alone, the historical facts that *it* happened.

Holocaust Survivor Kitty Hart Revisits Auschwitz 40 Years Later (Full Documentary):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dntryh_9o8Y

[linMcHlp]

“demostrators” -> demonstrators

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Reminds me of the old Li’l Abner comic strip from 1966 in which the Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything (S.W.I.N.E.) take over the campus.
The terrified University Regents sell the University to the Mafia who brings in the mob enforcers.
Here come the SWINE protesting!

I still get a thrill remembering how the leader of the SWINE used his front teeth to assault the brass knuckles of the mob enforcers. Who says brass won’t make a spark! These did. Big ones at that!