Leftists continue their assaults on language to achieve political goals

American Thinker ^ | 16 Nov, 2021 | Andrea Widburg

[MtnClimber]

The latest push is trying to rebrand pedophiles by a name with fewer negative connotations.

People have been noticing lately that leftists are working hard to change the language to achieve their goals. Leftists are fully aware of the fact that, as George Orwell argued, when you change the available vocabulary, you also change people’s ability to think about things. If you erase from the English language any words tied to liberty (e.g., freedom, individuality, liberal, etc.), people will eventually lose entirely the whole concept of freedom. It’s with that thought in mind that some in the LGBTQ+ crowd are working to rebrand pedophilia. The latest euphemism is “Minor-Attracted Person” but it’s the same old sick idea.

Certain words decline with value over the years. The word beldam, or old hag, comes from the French belle dame, meaning beautiful lady. Once, young people respectfully called elderly women, especially grandmothers, belle dame, and then the word degraded.

Another word that degraded was spinster. Once, it meant a woman who would spin for a living. Eventually, it came to mean a repressed, desiccated, permanently unwed woman. Now, of course, the word is gone entirely because there’s no stigma attached to remaining unmarried.

And then there’s the word “pedophile.” It’s a neologism that psychiatrists created in the 1950s, from the Greek for “loving children,” something the ancient Greeks proudly did. Isn’t that sweet? Except, of course, there’s nothing sweet about it. Pedophiles are people who are sexually attracted to children and, in the worst cases, they act on that attraction. Since its inception, that word has had purely negative connotations.

Well, it turns out that, in today’s progressive world, pedophiles don’t feel that they should be stigmatized in that way.

[MtnClimber]

The left instinctively sides with evil so this should surprise no one, especially not “Sniffy Joe”.

[MCEscherHammer]

But, if you call someone a pedophile, you’ll hurt their feelings...you big meanie!

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[cuz1961]

edophile.” It’s a neologism that psychiatrists created in the 1950s, from the Greek for “loving children
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This word , pedophilia, has been a pet peeve of mine forever.

Heterosexual
Homosexual
Pedosexual

( autocorrect knew the 1st two words, but drew a blank on the 3rd. We rest our case )

Pervs don’t love ( philia) kids
They lust ( sexual) kids.

Spit

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