Posted on 08/20/2023 3:17:33 PM PDT by TBP
Republicans are masters of verbal jiu-jitsu. It’s a form of linguistic combat in which the practitioner takes a political phrase or concept popularized by their opponent and gradually turns into an unusable slur. Like the Japanese martial art known as jiu-jitsu, its devotees avoid taking opposing arguments head on and instead redirect their opponents’ momentum to beat them.
If this sounds abstract, consider the evolution of “ woke.” The word is defined as being “actively aware of social injustice.” But it has been transformed into a contemporary scourge, one that a politician compared to a “virus more dangerous than any pandemic, hands down.”
Mention almost any touchstone phrase adopted by the left in recent years — “critical race theory,” “diversity,” “global warming,” even the word “liberal” itself — and it has been redefined or tarnished by conservatives.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Leftists have mastered the art of word salad and the assigning and later reassigning meaningless definitions to words. What the hell is social justice and where does that appear in any of our founding documents and nearly two and one half centuries of laws and jurisprudence? Everything derived from so called social justice is antithetical to American law, principles and values. It is quite simply an attempt to implement cultural Marxism on the road to communism. I might give the unintelligent and ignorant (useful idiots) an initial pass, but those knowingly forcing communism down our throats are our enemies. They must be defeated and completely wiped off the face of the earth. They do not deserve to live, at least not in America.
Trump did that.
Shall we discuss terms like “undocumented immigrant”, “dreamer”, “liberal”, or “pro-choice?” Or perhaps “person of color?”
Or fighting “climate change?” When did we figure out that today’s climate is the perfect climate on earth?
I don’t recall open discussion about those “definitions.”
This article is just a boat load of Projection.
“Lefties go insane when you use their own tactics against them.”
The Ruzzians do too.
The left gets mad when no one plays their stupid made up words game.
Absurdity comes back at ya like a large person on a swing set.
All gazzlighters do, especially the “brought to you by Pfizer” zombies.
Verbal Ju Jitsu, now? It’s called LOGIC. Something liberals know nothing about!
All forms of socialism involve nationalization of property.
There is what you might call direct nationalization, where the government just takes everything. Communism.
Then there’s the more subtle, we’re-not-socialists socialism you might call indirect nationalization, where the government makes all the decisions but maintains a veneer of private property. That’s called fascism. It’s what hte modern “liberal” advocates and practices.
Like an old man eating soup at a diner.
Sound like “Republicans pounced”
On liberal euphemisms
Heh, the left simply m*sturbates on the language. Under their rules, I can “identify” as whatever I want. Pronouns? Pick one, especially if it specifically excludes the noun it refers to. Keep it up, CNN. You make it sooooo easy to make fun of you. If you ever go to a real college and take a real academic pursuit, I look forward to seeing your 1.0 GPA.
These nuts make my head ache
What to upset a Lib? Tell the truth. What to upset a Trad? Tell a lie, there’s the basic difference!
Or how about using “gender-affirming care” to refer to genital mutilation?
I’m old school. What’s wrong with calling it a sex change? And then never talking about it again.
No we don’t. The Stupid Party has a gold mine of comments liberals have made that prove their dopey positions, but we NEVER use it against them in public, only sometimes in hearings by Jim Jordan and Ted Cruz.
No we don’t. The Stupid Party has a gold mine of comments liberals have made that prove their dopey positions, but we NEVER use it against them in public, only sometimes in hearings by Jim Jordan and Ted Cruz.
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