[PatrickHenry]

Good Lord what an article! Thanks for the ping. I've known something was wrong for a long time. It started for me back when Jimmy Carter was always talking about "human rights" and never once mentioned "individual rights." Back then I wondered -- why invent a new expression when we already have a time-honored phrase? Now I get it.

[betty boop]

It started for me back when Jimmy Carter was always talking about "human rights" and never once mentioned "individual rights." Back then I wondered -- why invent a new expression when we already have a time-honored phrase? Now I get it.

Great insight, PH. The transnational progressive understands that if he wants to "change the reality," it is extraordinarily helpful to first "change the language." The "universe of discourse" must be reshaped to fit his purposes. This has been an amazingly successful tactic. In particular, the Clintons and certain notable senators excel at this. But we see it everywhere today. Just check out the rhetoric of organizations such as NAACP, MALDEF, LULAC, NOW, NARAL, Nation of Islam, et al. It's an epidemic!

[LogicWings]

Now I get it.

It's all in the definitions. From Animal Farm to Rand, control the language and you can eventually control it all.