Posted on 04/27/2003 12:22:04 AM PDT by sfwarrior
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language." --Ludwig Wittgenstein
Words are power in motion. The war over words and how they're used by our society has become the new battleground of the Left. The primary tool in their arsenal is an effort to change the conventional meanings of words used in our daily communication. The morphing of our language is now the front line of the war on our culture and a powerful means for gaining political ground for the Left.
Just as many sports fans need a program to see who's who or what's what on the field, many citizens need a guide to understanding the Leftist lexicon. So, here's a brief primer into what the Left actually means when they say:
Advantaged, the: 1) Anyone who has a strong sense of self-responsibility, works hard for their money or pays taxes. 2) Anyone who believes in the American Dream. 3) White or Asian American.
Affirmative Action: Getting back at the Advantaged.
Affordable Housing: 1) Tax-supported housing, built by the government, that costs twice as much to build than if built by a typical builder, while simultaneously preventing new, for-profit housing construction. 2) A program that requires the Advantaged to spend their taxes to pay for the lifetime housing of couch potatoes and slackers.
Animal Rights: 1) The concept of the supremacy of animals' rights over those of humans. 2) The application of the U.S. Constitution to animals in their legal defense.
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD): A new disease cured by taking bright kids bored to tears by the poor academic curriculum in our public schools and drugging them to death.
Basic Rights: New rights not found anywhere in the Constitution that include the right for slackers to get free food, free housing, free medical care and conjugal visits in prison, plus permission to deal drugs, defecate in the streets and aggressively panhandle, as well as get enough welfare money to trade their cars in every three years.
Conservative, a: 1) Anyone fighting the socialist aspirations of the radical Left or anyone who is either Advantaged or wants to be Advantaged. 2) A person proud to be an American, and one who holds ideals like honesty and morality and heralds individual rights over group rights. 3) Dumb taxpayers who love America.
Diversity: 1) Making sure we highlight and celebrate our different qualities and our hyphenated countries of origin, while still bashing America and, particularly, rejecting the idea that there is or should be any unity of thought or purpose of America. 2) Making sure we have, in all levels of government and corporations, a proportionate number of people of color and those of different sexual orientations, unless they are conservatives. Conservatives are not a part of diversity.
Environmentalism: 1) A way of stopping America's technological progress, farming practices, new housing and job creation. This is perpetrated by a cabal of both tassled-shoe lawyers (who have never actually stepped foot in a wilderness area) and scraggly neo-hippies. 2) Repeating the mantra that Republicans are "poisoning the air and water" to a gullible public. 3) An attempt by "progressives" to regress technologically by reestablishing the technology of the 19th century here in America.
Fascist, a: 1) Anyone who is not a Progressive (see below). 2) People who believe in America's system of merit and capitalism. 3) Conservatives. (Note: Doesn't include Leftist genocidal tyrants who brutalize their people in nations throughout the world.) 4) George W. Bush.
Fetus, a: Tissue mass in a pregnant woman that often starts moving and kicking at two months of age.
Free Speech: 1) The ability to incite riots against America and its capitalist system by the use of hateful speech. 2) Speech that disparages the goals, purposes or ambitions of patriotic, taxpaying Americans.
Hate Speech: Speech by either the Advantaged or Conservatives that doesn't promote a socialist "progressive" agenda.
Homeless, the: Drifters, druggies, bums, winos, slackers and petty thieves.
Homeless Advocates: Leftists actually paid by taxpayers who lobby for more big government and movement toward a "progressive," socialist-nanny state.
Individual Rights: The concept espoused by confused and hapless taxpayers who actually believe their and their own family's well-being comes before those of Environmentalists, the Homeless and the beneficiaries of Animal Rights. 2) A major doctrine that terrifies Progressives.
Judgmental: As in, "Don't be judgmental." 1) Said of persons who can actually distinguish between right and wrong. 2) Said of those actually trying to use the aforementioned moral code publicly to restore order and decency in American policy. 3) Fascists (see above).
Left Winger, a: This term doesn't exist. Don't speak it or think it. You may have seen the term "right winger," as it's frequently used in connection with both political or religious leaders by the Left and their friends in the media, but you won't see "left winger." To the Left, there are only right wingers, dumb taxpayers and Progressives... (READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE- CLICK EXCERPT BELOW)
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Isn't it, though. So glad we've got our buds pinging us with goodies! : )
Reminds me of some bumperstickers seen locally...
"Celebrate Divircity... Subvert the Predominant Paridgm!"
This next one was so long, I had to follow too close in order to read it...
"Isn't it sad that those who really know how to run government are too busy teaching school."
This is a grand thread. Some of the comments are classic. Like the one about white being the most inclusive and diverse color of all.
I'm saddened that the author hasn't sat through enough public meetings or else he would have certainly included the tiresome liberal phrase... "Crying Unmet Need!"
I am so weary of all these crashing liberal bores destroying the greatest culture and customs ever evolved! We really should develop the power and process to stop their verbal vowel movement mischief!!!
I think I would have named this article "The Left's Weapons of Mass Disruption!
Well, besides the fact that this is at least the fifth article I have seen over the last couple of years adressing exactly this subject in exactly the same manner, you have forgotten our secret weapon...
The power of pathetic license!
LOL! Very true.
The most amazing thing is that this was printed in the SF Chronicle, although it was probably buried in section G, page 25, printed in tiny font with the ink smudged.
LOL...and I was being polite (((((((nicmarshmallow))))))
;-)
Happy Monday to you....I'm trying to make it a "happy Monday."
This one is about the only one I disagree with. I know some of the animal rights groups go to the extreme, but the movement to get animal abuse raised to the felony level is a good thing. Too many animal abusers only get a small light slap on the hand. It is way past time these people are punished for their terrible abuses to dogs, cats, horses and countless other animals. IMHO
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