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Ridiculous Liberal Euphemisms We Accept
It has always irked me how liberals control the language of our national “debates.” They are able to do so primarily because they control the bulk of the MSM. A secondary reason, however, is the fact that we conservatives mindlessly end up parroting their ridiculous euphemisms and adopting their vocabulary.
Here are some examples, along with what I think we conservatives should be using in their place. We need to refer to these concepts in a simple, truthful way. Doing so will reveal how the left’s words belie their true meanings.
I know I’m just scratching the surface. Give us your list of the most notorious terms the left uses and what you believe are their correct replacements.
Pro-Choice = Pro-Abortion
War on Women = Forcing others to pay for your birth control
Undocumented worker/American = Illegal alien
Would-Be Americans = Illegal alien
Single-Payer System or Public Option = Government-Run Healthcare
Fetus = Baby to be aborted
Overseas Contingency Operations = War on Terror
Affirmative Action = Opportunities for those who don’t deserve them
Border adjustment mechanisms = Tariffs
Man-Caused Disaster = Terrorism
Workplace Violence = Terrorism at Fort Hood
Raising money = Taxes
Giveaway for the wealthy = Tax cut
Fees = Taxes
Investment = Government spending
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–Knotwise, the Poet: white privilege/check your privilege = Shut up, cracker!
In my profession (teacher), “privileged” is used now to refer to students who have parents who actually care for them, feed them, talk to them, and provide a stable home. You know, the bottom-line things that “parent” actually means.
Misspoke=lie I would love the politician or liberal who uses “Sorry I lied about that!”
Women’s Healthcare = abortion
Or ability
Gay will be pejorative within 15 years.
My bugbear is the now almost-universal habit, on left and right, of using the phrase “the prophet Mohammed”. Unless you believe he was indeed a prophet (which will make you a Muslim) you should not use it. You most certainly should not use it if you are a Christian or a Jew.
Ending wars = retreat
Open-mindedness = criticizing whoever’s strong
Big-heartedness = supporting policies that don’t actually help people in need
Anti-war = not standing up to actual bad people
Extreme right-winger = anyone who leans even slightly right on any issue
Better yet, “Women’s health” = “contraception, sterilization and abortion”, the closest thing feminists have to a holy trinity.
“Gay” = “differently preferenced”.
“Working families” = “A working dad, a part time working mom, and two kids who’d die before they’d mow the lawn.”
“Freedom” = “having someone else pay for your stuff”.
“Equality” = “Pretending the unequal aren’t.”
Not really. I think another poster already covered this, “Working families” = families who don’t work or illegal aliens.
You have hit on some different subjects such as the destruction of a youth work ethic through a combination of labor laws and illegal immigration.
The left has no intention the a the term “working family” cover a situation where June Cleaver had to take a job (full or part time) because Ward Cleaver is being overtaxed and they need to send Wally and Beav to private schools because MS13 has taken over Mayfield HS.
This one is particular to our Liar in Chief:
“Period!” = “Not!”
Foreign policy reset = retreat, capitulation
In journalism:
“some say” = “here’s a lie that fits my narrative”
This has a variant “some [X] say” where X is a vague word intended to add credibility like “observers”.
This is not to be confused with “some [Y] say” where Y is intended to reduce credibility as in “some Republicans say”. This means “here’s a fact that I can’t dispute that counters my narrative”.
One of my pet peaves is one that you used in the post:
Abortion = Murder or Infanticide
We don’t call it abortion when someone shoots up a school, so why should we when a doctor performs a sanctioned murder?
Because shooting up a school and having an abortion are different. And the word is pet peeve.
Forgot this one. But in these times of supposed “income inequality,” it may be the most important.
Middle class = Middle income
We don’t have classes in the USA. People are free to move up and down in income based on their talents, hard work, and yes, sometimes luck.Why do we conservatives use this Marxist term without a thought?
Of course these apply as well:
Lower class = lower income
Upper class = upper income
My original point was that we on the Right use the SAME terms the Left does. As I see it, this is a BIG problem. We help to legitimize their arguments by doing so. Calling someone pro-choice instead of pro-abortion plays right into their hands.
That is such a good point.
J,
Thanks for the spelling correction.
Yes, they are different, but both are murders of children. Would we call it abortion if a doctor killed the kids with a scalpel? Maybe if they drove to the hospital in the school bus first.