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Opinions/Editorials Title: Whoever Controls the Language Controls the Debate Whoever Controls the Language Controls the Debate May 18, 2012 by The Godfather If you can control the language, you can control ideas. By controlling ideas, you can control the way people think and act. Before Frank Schaeffer went over to the Dark Side, he had some good things to say about how liberals think and act. His analysis of language is still applicable: “Think of the use of labels to categorize political activity. Some labels are used to neutralize the actions of certain groups; others denote being ‘one of us,’ acceptable. The words ‘right wing,’ ‘fundamentalist,’ ‘pro-life,’ ‘absolutist,’ and ‘deeply religious,’ are put-downs more than categories. Conversely, think of the unspoken pat on the back and blessing that the following words convey: ‘moderate,’ ‘pluralistic,’ ‘liberal,’ ‘civil libertarian,’ ‘pragmatic,’ and ‘enlightened.”[1] Consider the following list: LIBERAL.............................................................CONSERVATIVE Arsenal of Weapons................................................Gun Collection Delicate Wetlands..........................................................Swamp Undocumented Worker................................................Illegal Alien Cruelty-Free Materials...........................................Synthetic Fiber Assault and Battery..........................................Attitude Adjustment Heavily Armed.....................................................Well-protected Narrow-minded..........................................................Righteous Taxes or Your Fair Share...........................................Coerced Theft Commonsense Gun Control....................................Gun Confiscation Plot Illegal Hazardous Explosives..........................Fireworks or Stump Removal Non-viable Tissue Mass...............................................Unborn Baby Equal Access to Opportunity............................................Socialism Multicultural Community..........................................High Crime Area Fairness or Social Progress..............................................Marxism Upper Class or “The Rich”..........................................Self-Employed Progressive, Change........................................Big Government Scheme Homeless or Disadvantaged..............................Bums on Welfare & Leeches Sniper Rifle...............................................Deer Rifle with scope Investment For the Future...........................................Higher Taxes Healthcare Reform............................................Socialized Medicine Extremist, Judgmental, or Hater.....................................Conservative Truants............................................................Homeschoolers Victim or Oppressed............................Criminal or Lazy Good-For-Nothing High Capacity Magazine................................Standard Capacity Magazine Religious Zealot..................................................Attends Church Fair Trade Coffee.......................................Overpriced Yuppie Coffee Exploiters or “The Rich”..................................Employed or Land Owner The Gun Lobby........................................................NRA Members Assault Weapon............................................Semi-Automatic Handgun Fiscal Stimulus.......................................New Taxes and Higher Taxes Same Sex Marriage...........................................Legalized Perversion Mandated Eco-Friendly Lighting.................Chinese Mercury-Laden Light Bulbs Accepted Fact.........................................................Horse Shit
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"The limits of debate are established in this country before the debate even begins. Everybody else is marginalized, made to seem like Communists or some other disloyal person. Kook, there’s a word! Now it’s conspiracy. They’ve made that something that can’t even be entertained for a minute – that powerful people might get together and have a plan? Doesn’t happen! You’re a kook, you’re a conspiracy buff!" – George Carlin There Are No Such Things As Conspiracies
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