It drives them stark raving mad when you make it clear that you accept their terms, but not their definitions.
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.
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.
A pure democracy is like two foxes and one chicken voting on what’s for lunch.
“Election misinformation”
1. ‘Mainstream Media’ - Yes, I use that term. Rush regularly used the term and no problem with it. But I also use the terms, "New Media" and "Alternative Media" to distinguish from leftist media. No biggie in my estimation.
2. ‘Gender,’ When You Mean ‘Sex’ - I say sex.
3. ‘Sex-Reassignment Surgery’ - I usually say something that can't be written on Free Republic.
4. ‘Democracy,’ When You Mean ‘Republic’ - Always say Republic and frequently explain the differences with Democracy and why we don't want a Democracy.
5. ‘Abortion Doctors’ and ‘Abortion Clinics’ - I say, Baby Murders, Unborn Baby Murders and Abortion Mills or Killing Factories. This is actually one thing I go out of my way to relabel, even though the original terms are technically correct.
6. ‘Antidiscrimination’ - I don't use the word. I believe in discrimination and it is different than being a bigot.
7. ‘Undocumented Immigrant’ - Wetback works fine for me. I use other terms that are even more vicious, but not on Free Republic.
8. ‘Equity’ Or ‘Equality,’ - When You Mean The Other - No problem with correct usage, all things being equal.
9. ‘Cisgender’ - Say what? Never been uttered from my mouth. I don't even think I ever wrote the word, if it really is a word. (It was cut & pasted in this post.) Only recently (couple of years) have I heard the term.
10. ‘Pro-Choice’ - I say pro-murder.
Pretty easy for me to do all of this, since I didn't give into political correctness back in the 90's or whatever modern language trends exist since. I am firmly reluctant to change, like any good conservative should be. I conserve the American language. There's another term that should be used. We speak and write the American language, not English. We also belong to the American race. I guess that ages me a little.
EXCELLENT!!!
7. Illegal Invaders.
Immigrants are invited, Invaders are repelled.
Instead of “Mainstream Media”, I use the term “Party Organs”.
Democracy, Plato theorized, “comes into being when the poor, winning the victory, put to death.
It explains why democrats like to use the word so much they never say we are a Republic.
Democratic, when you mean democrat.
Immigrant, when you mean criminal alien.