Taking back the language: a lexicon of nonsense

 

Hot Air  "In politics, language is critical to winning the message and the battle. Yesterday, in reading this piece at The Daily Beast that called the Center for Medical Progress a “self-described ‘citizen journalist’ project” — isn’t every group “self-described?” —  I was again reminded of language bias, both intentional and unintentional.
Too often, conservatives find ourselves a) fighting an uphill battle against the media on the meanings of words, and b) co-opted by the way the media and culture define, redefine, and redefine again the meanings of words.
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"Anyway. For a fun Friday night piece (seriously? fun? I need a life), please enjoy my non-exhaustive list of words and phrases that are used inappropriately or inaccurately in politics, contrasted with what they actually mean. Add your own in the comments, and if I get one wrong — I am looking forward to reactions about my criticism of the word “patriotism” — please feel free to correct me."
 Just a few shown here:

Abortion rights = Implying that people can have a right to kill innocents
Reproductive health = See “Abortion rights”
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Compromise = Demanding that conservatives cave on beliefs
Government shutdown = Small, non-critical portions of the federal government have temporarily lost funding
Save Social Security = Ignoring mathematical realities, and subsequent policy changes, that would actually save Social Security
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Pro-choice = not giving babies a choice
Anti-choice = giving babies a choice
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Slashing the budget = Preventing government spending from rising as quickly as the CBO projects
. . . War on Women = What the abortion industry does every day
. . . Reasonable = Liberal Republicans
Extreme = People who were previously described as “Reasonable,” until they won their primary and are facing a Democrat for office.