Posted on 09/13/2011 7:08:17 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Say what you will about the Republican Party's politics, but one thing I think we all can agree on is that they know how to control the message.
Instead of "educated," they say "elitist."
Instead of "the rich," they prefer "job creators."
And in their latest linguistic sleight of hand, the modern-day Houdinis have managed to turn "stimulus" into a four-letter word.
Or at least a word President Barack Obama no longer feels comfortable saying. In 2009, he couldn't say it enough. Now ... well, I didn't hear it once during his jobs speech last week, even though $447 billion in tax cuts and government spending would certainly qualify as being one.
In any case, it seems Obama's strategy of trying to pass a jobs stimulus package without saying the word "stimulus" just makes talking about the bill more difficult than it has to be. And if he continues to let undecided voters believe the first stimulus package was unsuccessful, what's their motivation for getting behind him and pressuring their representatives to pass the second?
Or even vote for him?
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
“Sorry”
Why I think I'll not tune them in anymore ~ as if I ever did.
So much for the value of their "edumacations". I despise elitists ~ they are so smarmy.
funny a lib penning an article about how Republicans are changing the lexicon when her ilk are masters at doing so
Say what you will about the Democrat Party’s politics, but one thing I think we all can agree on is that they know how to control the message.
Instead of “lazy welfare recipient,” they say “under-priveldged”
Instead of “illegal alien,” they prefer “undocumented worker.”
Instead of “terrorism”, they say “man made disaster”
Instead of....well you get the gist.
“Say what you will about the Republican Party’s politics, but one thing I think we all can agree on is that they know how to control the message.”
Democrats and Obama Negros are even more succinct in their choice of words:
“Whites are Racists”
end of discussion.
If some one writes an article dealing with language, you think they would be on top of it enough to know that Houdini was an escape artist, not a conjurer, as the article implies. (infers? I always forget...)
Instead of “the rich,” they prefer “job creators.””
Educated and elitist are two totally different things. Only liberals confuse them. Educated people have knowledge and ability that enables them be productive and to understand intellectual topics. Elitists are people who through academic, political or family connections are able to hold important positions that they have not achieved through merit and who think they are smarter and better than others.
Rich and job creators are also different. Only liberals confuse them. There are plenty of rich people like the Kennedys, John Kerry etc who contribute nothing to our society. Job creators are people who are willing to work hard and take risks to create products and services that benefit our society. They are sometimes successful and sometimes they hope and strive to be successful.
They so want their power back to twist language - Power that has been usurped by blogs and the internet? That’s rich.
Note to CNN: “Educated” and “elitist” are not synonimous. If CNN were “educated” they would understand the mathematical concept of “subset”, as in “elitist” is a subset of “educated”. But then, that is not even true. There are elitists that are educated, and there are educated that are not elitist. there are even “uneducated” that are elitist.
That’s the problem with so many liberals. They don’t understand that words have precise meanings. They should learn to use the words that most precisely impart to the reader/listener what they are actually trying to communicate. After all, that is why conservatives use the word “elitist”. They are not talking about a person’s educatiion level. They are talking about their attitude.
Beat me by one second.
Clearly you are an elitist bast**d!
8->
Instead of “CNN journalist”, we prefer the more honest term: propagandist.
“High earners”=”the fortunate”
“unexpected” .... “Revenues” ...
Wow. Someone dunber than Krugman on the NYT's payroll. I didn't think it was possible but, there you go...
The left have been using language to support their causes for ever so long, not just language but specially designed language to make the message more subtle and acceptable and positive to their cause. They are experts at this game. When things don’t work out with the words they use they change the words. Instead of liberal Democrats they now ant to be known as Progressives. I recall a few years back they used the words scheme and plan to describe the difference between them and the republicans. They had a “plan” the Republicans had a “scheme” They have used the language this way as long as I can remember. If the message doesn’t resonate one way, change the language but the message doesn’t change.
—as the article implies. (infers? I always forget...)—
“Imply” is what the talker/writer does. “Infer” is what the reader/listener does.
Joe: “Mary is an idiot.”
Bill: “Are you implying that Mary does not have a degree?”
Joe: “No, you are inferring that. She has a degree. She is an educated idiot.”
Joe: “Mary is an idiot.”
Judy: “Are you implying that Mary is not fit to teach?”
Joe: “Yes. Yes I am.”
BTW,. I learned the difference between “e.g.” and “i.e.” from the movie “Get Shorty.” It’s a hilarious scene and actually correctly points out the difference.
There are many examples of language use and one that I overlooked was and is their reference to Mexican illegals, they always referred to them as immigrants even when the topic was illegal aliens. Who could be against immigration,
so you hide the illegal aspect under the heading immigrant and you have won half of the argument. That’s the liberal way.
Nice little exercise in Liberal Projection here. The simple fact is that it is the left, not the right that mangles, manipulates, and misappropriates the English language for nefarious purposes. And Øbongo has zero hesitation in saying anything that he believes will aid his attempts to impose his will upon the American public.
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