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To: Alvin Diogenes

I see what you’re saying but I think it would be a massive mistake to allow our enemies’ reactions to determine our terms of discourse. There has been far too much of that.


80 posted on 01/02/2024 2:31:31 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
I see what you’re saying but I think it would be a massive mistake to allow our enemies’ reactions to determine our terms of discourse. There has been far too much of that.

I agree that we should reject their 1984-style linguistic perversions: we shouldn’t call left-wing idiots “progressives” (they represent the opposite of progress), we shouldn’t use the term “gender-affirming” when what’s meant is gender-denying, etc.

But we also need to be clear in our communication and not promote, even inadvertently, anti-liberty policies via exaggeration or satire that is easily misinterpreted or even intentionally mischaracterized as straightforward support.

81 posted on 01/03/2024 5:48:15 PM PST by Alvin Diogenes
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