No one is going to fall for their malarky anymore. The democrat media has been outed and can no longer pretend to be impartial.
We conservatives - with a live and let live persona - tend to back off after winning a battle and leave the field to the defeated.
NOT the thing to do.
We must bring to light that the "so-called" democratic party has been high jacked, systematically and with malice aforethought, by the "Democratic Socialist Party" (and oxymoron, but designed to water down the word SOCIALIST).
There is still a segment of Old time democrats (like Zell) ... many don't realize their party has been overrun.
This is a good opportunity to get the word out. It can split off the real dems from the socialist wing - That would be a good thing for all, and would definitely put them in a minority for decades to come.
I would seem we have to battle these socialist here every 30 years or so...Beat em down and back they come.
But if we beat them down this time - while their agenda is bald-faced hanging out for all to see - and just maybe we wont have to worry about them again, as the rest of the countries who went socialist are waking up to the fact that: It doesn't work in reality.
I agree. The power of words is enormous. We must not allow the enemy to define us.
I like the term that was recently coined (here on FR?)--"secular fundamentalist".
You make a good point. i have been concerned about the Dems trying to overuse the word progressive as their new name. It a liberal either way but I would like to hear some Repubs start saying that over and over so it sticks.
You are right the left has been more proficient in creating buzzword concepts...of course they do have MSM to spread their kant.
"homophobe" is a good example, it immediately sets one in a defensive rhetorical position if one accepts it (all of the lefts buzzwords are designed to steal the rhetorical high ground before an argument has been made).
As one who lives in San Francisco (and yes you are right about SF, they are absolutely ad hominum demeaning to anyone who does not agree with them - believe me I know!!)- I reject "homophobe", I have no phobia regarding these people, they do not frighten me. But the left wants to create the immediately unequal ground for argument where you are a person reacting out of fear not reason.
"No," I say, "Rather I have a negative tropism toward homosexuality, I tend to lean away from it's presence."
That is a matter of taste and judgement on my part, not fear.
we won't. linguistic distinctions are essential and must be honored.
"discrimination" is actually a desireable trait.
and "gay" is something most FReepers would want to be.
Did you mean "L'effetes?"
BULLCRAP!
They never have and never will have anything on the Right.
The belief that mindless Regressives are better than us in any fasion is only because you accept it.
Language is meaningless without genuine intent behind it. One of the reasons our Prime Minister prefers President Bush is precisely because there is unity between the President's words and actions. The left has excessive verbiage, but no will to action - hence their penchant for talking things to death. They may talk and talk and talk and try to paint Republicans into a linguistic corner, but when all is said and done, President Bush wins by 3 million votes, Daschle is gone, and the Democrats are weakened. It seems the more they speak, the better off we are. ;)
Regards, Ivan