Posted on 12/01/2023 4:54:36 AM PST by MtnClimber
Actual accusations, which can be refuted, are much less useful than slippery mush words that leave your target without a defense.
If you want to become a tyrant and transform your fellow citizens into slaves, all you really need are a few good mush words. “Mush words” are words with vague definitions. They’re slippery, hard to pin down, elusive, ultimately unknowable—and, for budding tyrants, extremely useful.
The word “racist,” for example, is a superb mush word. “Sexist” is outstanding as well, as is “(whatever)-aphobe.” Better yet, accuse someone of being full of “hate.”
But how do they work? Why are mush words powerful enough to achieve tyranny?
First, you don’t need to understand why they work, only that they do. It takes no talent or intelligence to just sling these words around and reap the rewards without understanding the dynamics involved. That said, for those who want to dig deeper, here’s a brief summary:
The two keys to good mush words are 1) unknowability and 2) accusation.
Unknowability (#1) is the magic ingredient that gives mush words their mushiness. The essential element is slipperiness. A mush word is like a verbal greased pig, or Proteus, the shapeshifting Greek god who could change forms at will. Vagueness is critical. Clarity is the enemy.
It’s interesting to notice that hardly anyone accuses anyone else of having six fingers or being nine feet tall.
Why is that? Because those can be easily verified. They’re clear, objective, and open to the public. There’s no uncertainty, no controversy—a complete lack of drama. For budding tyrants, they’re useless.
Good mush words, on the other hand, point to things that are impossible to quantify, measure, see, hear, know objectively, or disprove.
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This is exactly what democRAT politicians do and what I hear democRAT voters repeating. Hillary uses this as her main weapon.
The word Racist lost its original meaning a long time go.
It is now a slur used against anybody, with whom somebody disagrees with.
If one does not have argument, he/she will just call them racist.
It used to work very well, but it is being so overused, that it it is loosing its sting.
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Yes, the other name for the Rat party is the Hate party. They have many names though and none of them are complimentary.
These days, you are a racist if you
Like, if person A calls person B Motherf*r, A does not really believe that B has sexual relations with his mother!
It just a slur!
Rush said it years ago, A ‘Racist’ is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.
I talked to a relative last week who will never vote for a Republican because all they they want to do is ban books.
Hopeless.
Yes!
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