Point of the Dagger (1): The Orwellian Assault on Language (and Freedom)

A dagger is pointed at the heart of America. Its point is the deliberate misuse of the English language for the purpose of influencing how Americans speak and think. If the dagger is driven home, reason itself will be the principal victim.

We have all become familiar, of course, with the transformation of our language by political elites who habitually invoke the name of "the people" while governing in an arbitrary and dictatorial fashion.[5] In an excellent article for the National Taxpayers Union, Mark Schmidt cites a few examples of this phenomenon and concludes that if the Orwellian trend in American politics continues, "our language will ultimately be useless to express the ideas that form the basis of rational political discourse in a healthy republic."

Francis Bacon once said that "reason with speech" is a gift from God. By divorcing words from their true meanings and delegitimizing words with authentic meanings, the cultural Marxists are turning their backs on a divine gift and threatening reason itself. For those who understand that words are the "footsteps of reason," the lesson is quite clear. The antidote to cultural Marxism in America is an authentic vocabulary - one that vigilantly preserves linguistic fidelity. "It is time," as Wendy McElroy put it, "to reclaim the richness of the English language ... verb by verb, adjective by adjective." Anything less will be inadequate to stay the hand that holds the dagger that is pointed at the heart of America.

Folks, be afraid, be very afraid. Too many Americans are being brainwashed with language.

Do not take as a given the corrosive language of the left. Speak clearly and support people who speak truth to power -- clearly, bluntly, directly and with clarity. With real, genuine English that clarifies, not obscures or dilutes meaning.

Translation: Palin.

excerpt from Jeff head site above.

“So-called progressives, socialists, marxists, and those seeking to ignore or discard fundamental republican and moral principle have pushed and pushed, have cajoled and cajoled, and have subverted our nation to this very point, calling the truth a lie as they have gone along.

Many have fought them, but far too many have ignored the worsening condition, others have been bought and paid for through blackmail, bribes, or appeals to entitlement and vice, still others have been swayed, in the name of congeniality or “reason”, to compromise, to have pleasant dialog, and to meet half way with those pushing for the end of our Constitutional Republic, our Free Market, and our way of life and liberty.

The problem is, if you are always meeting the opposition half way towards their position, if they keep stepping further and further back along a particular path...then you are drawn right along along that same path to the destination of their choosing. And that destination is not a constitutional republic, and is not liberty based on fundamental republican principle.

Such is the position we find ourselves in. Down one path at this crossroads lies an absolute fatal precipice for our constitutional republic, our liberty, and our traditional way of life. Along the other path lies a long, hard, and dangerous climb away from that precipice back to a place where our Republic and its Constitution can once again rest on firm and steady ground.

That firm ground is rooted in and founded upon fundamental principles and values. The principles are given to us by God in Heaven, the Creator, as our founders pointed out. It is He that has given us our rights and the principles that they are rooted in.”
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Thanks Jeff. Do go and check out his site ... it is excellent and we must inform ourselves of the truth. NOW.

I agree totally with this article. In addition I would add that on top of the Newspeak being promoted by the government there is an ever increasing tendency of carelessness in the use of language and an apparent lack of intstruction in proper English usage at all levels of society. Words are flung about as if they were one size fits all clothing items. Remember the line from Humpty Dumpty about a word meaning just what he chose it to mean, neither more nor less? That is the way a lot of people use words now. If you call them on it and ask them to clarify their meaning they are likely to act insulted. The latest quirk I have noticed is that “neither” seems to have no place now. You will hear something like, “I nor my friend could figure out why people are so careless with language.” When I was taught English that sentence would have been marked with a big red X and called meaningless because nor needed to be preceded by neither.

The word decimated is another example, it is in very common usage now but not one person in ten who uses it knows its actual meaning.

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