Posted on 09/03/2011 12:11:15 PM PDT by Starman417
The Political Spectrum - How The Word "Liberal" Has Been Redefined
Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1932, redefined the word liberalism. Prior to 1932, liberalism meant "a belief in individual liberty." He gave the word a new meaning: "a belief in paternalistic government and trading individual liberty for state-sponsored security" by redefining what he called "the forgotten man."
In 1932, FDR talked about helping someone he called "the forgotten man." This phrase came from a book that had been written decades earlier by William Graham Sumner. However, Roosevelt redefined Sumner's definition of "the forgotten man." Sumner defines "the forgotten man" in this way: Jim and Frank want to help Sally, so they team up and pass a law that coerces John to co-fund their favorite project to help Sally. In this scenario, Sumner defines the forgotten man as John, who is coerced to co-fund someone else's project. He is the man who works, prays, and pays his own bills and is never considered by the likes of Jim and Frank. FDR defined Sally as "the forgotten man," redefining the original concept. In FDR's scenario, Jim and Frank were Roosevelt himself, and other like-minded people. The vast majority of American citizens became those who were coerced into co-funding Roosevelt's pet projects.
One problem with American politics today comes from a redefinition of the political spectrum. Take, for example, the word "liberal." Liberal, in the classical sense, means a "hands off", or laissez-faire, policy. The United States is an example of a "liberal democracy." America was founded on the idea that government was to play a minimal role in the affairs of society and the economy, that the job of the government was not to provide direction for society or the economy, but simply to maintain a "free environment" were the public could conduct themselves as they so chose, as long as they didn't "infringe" on the "rights" of others. This is the classical concept of "liberalism," the idea of a laissez-faire approach to both economic and social policy. But ...
Liberal Tactics
One of the tactics most used by liberals, who do not have an argument to support their failed policies, is to redefine the meanings of words. Liberals (or, as they now like to be called, progressives) have introduced an era of political correctness so as to offend no one, a rewriting of language and history to ensure that words and phrases that offend certain special interests are redefined or excluded from the vocabulary of those progressives and liberals. You will notice this redefining of the language whenever you read liberal publications or watch liberal broadcasts of the evening news.
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Including the word “liberal”.
yes, progressives are always renaming.
yes, progressives are always renaming.
Progressives are always redefining, using subtleties and bully tactics, telling half truths and out right lies, are always using misdirection and as Jim Quinn says, “liberalism/progressives always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent !” Because no matter how dirty mean and nasty they are, to them the ends always justify the means!
“marriage”, “legal”, “racist”, “hate”, “right”...
It’s very problematical for us that the Liberal Democrats and their lapdog media own the narrative. What can we say? They twist it all to make themselves look good, us look bad and too many viewers are lapping it up.
“social justice” - “green” - “inclusiveness” - “diversity” - “immigration” - “homophobe” - “islamophobe” - “xenophobe” - - -
All our media use their dictionary.
FDR also invented the term; “normalcy”, which, prior to his invention had not existed at all. Most people had simply used the term; “normality”, which seemed to work just as well, and included the distinct advantage of its already having been defined in any common dictionary.
Over on Lucianne.com a poster noted that Democrats seem to view the current White House as having changed from a new Camelot into more of a Camel Lot.
It’s true! It’s true! The media has made it perfectly clear.
The global climate has been warming all this year.
A decision was made quite recently here:
Conservative views cannot be allowed.
And there’s a legal limit to Fox News here
In Camel Lot.
Rush Limbaugh is forbidden on the airwaves.
And Hannity must never be seen or heard.
By order, Glenn Beck is never mentioned
In Camel Lot.
Camel Lot! Camel Lot!
I know it sounds a bit bizarre,
But in Camel Lot, Camel Lot
That’s how conditions are.
The news from MSM will always be favorable.
By edict, the tea party groups must disappear.
In short, there’s simply not
A more congenial spot
For rainbows and unicorns than here
In Camel Lot.
Camel Lot! Camel Lot!
I know it gives a person pause,
But in Camel Lot, Camel Lot
Those are the legal laws.
Israel may never get a hearing.
Palestinians will have our ear.
In short, there’s simply not
A more congenial spot
For conservative-bashing than here
In Camel Lot.
Speaking of low-class individuals inhabiting the WH, I sort of half-expect some of the same shenanigans as the Clintons perpetrated.
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