Posted on 04/20/2021 9:06:43 AM PDT by Heartlander
It drives them stark raving mad when you make it clear that you accept their terms, but not their definitions.
Unclear to you is it? Hmmmmmmmmmm.
See also: “gay,” “liberal,” “progressive,” “racist,” “anti-racist,” ...
... actually, almost invariably if a leftist uses a word for political purposes, they’re perverting its use. Further, if they’re using it against others, they’re covering their guilt of the same behavior (e.g., “anti-woman” when they’re molesters and abusers who support lifestyles and religions which systematically abuse women).
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Margaret Sanger was anti-Choice. She famously called for “no more babies” for a period of ten years in the late 40s even if a woman WANTED to have a child and would be unable to have one after Margaret's moratorium was lifted. ANTI-CHOICE, pro-death.
“Progressive” is the word that really gets to me. The opposite of liberal is conservative. Fair enough. But the opposite of progressive is regressive.
So if you’re not a “progressive”, you’re more than just wrong. You’re stupid.
Good article. better than I expected. A couple good insights.
AIDS VICTIM
How many syphilis and gonorrhea victims do you know?
Only a miniscule amount of people got AIDS innocently. Remember Kimberly Bergalis?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Bergalis
I hate it when people on the right capitulate and use the terminology of the left, especially when its done by conservative media, journalists, television hosts, etc. They know better. They just agree to the terms and conditions of the left. This is why we lose the culture war.
“Fossil fuels” is another one. It has lost most of it’s disparaging character over the years, but that was the original intent when it was coined. Use “hydrocarbons” or “petroleum” instead.
I agree. Actually, instead of capitulation, what is required is to be actively dismissive of their sacred cows - not confrontationally, but kind of laughably dismissive (e.g. “You really think that? What's your educational level? That's amazing..”. There is no dogma like the dogma of the self-convinced.
A pure democracy is like two foxes and one chicken voting on what’s for lunch.
Yep. Even Rush would use that term. As you said, it should be called “petroleum.”
“Progressive” has my vote! Use this word, but always follow it up by coughing like you have something going down the wrong pipe!
Saturn’s moon, Titan, has lakes of fossil fuels, methane and ethane. But when were any dinosaurs or plants there?
“Election misinformation”
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