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[Ponca Dan]

This is a very long article, but it is "must reading" if you want to recognize what is happening in America (and the rest of the world) today.

https://fee.org/articles/would-be-tyrants-capture-language-to-control-thought/

 

[Rdcldad]

This is a very long article, but it is "must reading" if you want to recognize what is happening in America (and the rest of the world) today.

https://fee.org/articles/would-be-tyrants-capture-language-to-control-thought/

i appreciate all contributions to this board

this stuff is stretchy as hell
reeks of intellectual fluff

 

[Ponca Dan]

i appreciate all contributions to this board

this stuff is stretchy as hell
reeks of intellectual fluff

Interesting you see it that way. This essay actually puts into words thoughts I have had for the last 10-15 years. In my mind they were just amorphous concepts that had no concrete texture. I first noticed the attempt by the left to take control of the language about 15 years ago. A Democratic representative from New York, Rosa Delauro, was a frequent guest on MSM shows. I don't think I ever heard her mention Republicans or conservatives without calling them "mean spirited." That phrase was picked up by the left and repeated non-stop for years. Republicans quietly accepted the nomenclature, and before long it became "common knowledge" that Republicans are mean spirited. That's the first time I noticed the left confiscating the language. The author of the essay, I thought, showed the historical perspective of what happens to a society when the language is conquered. I thought it was about as far from intellectual fluff as it could get.

 

[Rdcldad]

Interesting you see it that way. This essay actually puts into words thoughts I have had for the last 10-15 years. In my mind they were just amorphous concepts that had no concrete texture. I first noticed the attempt by the left to take control of the language about 15 years ago. A Democratic representative from New York, Rosa Delauro, was a frequent guest on MSM shows. I don't think I ever heard her mention Republicans or conservatives without calling them "mean spirited." That phrase was picked up by the left and repeated non-stop for years. Republicans quietly accepted the nomenclature, and before long it became "common knowledge" that Republicans are mean spirited. That's the first time I noticed the left confiscating the language. The author of the essay, I thought, showed the historical perspective of what happens to a society when the language is conquered. I thought it was about as far from intellectual fluff as it could get.

bertil hansen taught a section on
political correctness at ok st in 91

rosa delaura is a crackhead from connecticut who ironically was first elected in 91

these type people are legends in their own minds

the nazis and bolsheviks backed up this language change bullets and thuggery

trump god bless him was just enough of a thug to put this broad and her ilk out of business

 

[Ponca Dan]

bertil hansen taught a section on
political correctness at ok st in 91

rosa delaura is a crackhead from connecticut who ironically was first elected in 91

these type people are legends in their own minds

the nazis and bolsheviks backed up this language change bullets and thuggery

trump god bless him was just enough of a thug to put this broad and her ilk out of business

I would continue this discussion, but I have no idea what you just said. You're right about one thing, Rosa D. is from Connecticut, not New York. I don't think she's a crackhead, but she most certainly is a fruitcake! But that doesn't alter the notion that the left is participating in a concerted effort to control the language. If history is any lesson the bullets will come later. I think you are in serious error if you think Trump has put her ilk out of business. I guess we're just seeing a different world.

 

[Rdcldad]

I would continue this discussion, but I have no idea what you just said. You're right about one thing, Rosa D. is from Connecticut, not New York. I don't think she's a crackhead, but she most certainly is a fruitcake! But that doesn't alter the notion that the left is participating in a concerted effort to control the language. If history is any lesson the bullets will come later. I think you are in serious error if you think Trump has put her ilk out of business. I guess we're just seeing a different world.

where do you think language control ranks compared to wealth redistribution via socialized healthcare?

compared to another sotomayor on the court?

that's why it's intellectual fluff

 

[Ponca Dan]

where do you think language control ranks compared to wealth redistribution via socialized healthcare?

compared to another sotomayor on the court?

that's why it's intellectual fluff

Language control is pretty much required to precede things like wealth redustribution and socialized healthcare. Can't you see the control of the language is what makes those policies socially acceptable? That's how someone like Sotomayor became acceptable.

 

[Rdcldad]

Language control is pretty much required to precede things like wealth redustribution and socialized healthcare. Can't you see the control of the language is what makes those policies socially acceptable? That's how someone like Sotomayor became acceptable.

tipper gore was language control doosh
cracking down on nwa and the like

 

[Ponca Dan]

tipper gore was language control doosh
cracking down on nwa and the like

And she was belittled. And she failed. NWA was a precursor to Black Lives Matter. They took control of the language. Virtually every issue we face as a society is controlled by the language, the words, we have all subtly been conditioned to use.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

Interesting you see it that way. This essay actually puts into words thoughts I have had for the last 10-15 years. In my mind they were just amorphous concepts that had no concrete texture. I first noticed the attempt by the left to take control of the language about 15 years ago. A Democratic representative from New York, Rosa Delauro, was a frequent guest on MSM shows. I don't think I ever heard her mention Republicans or conservatives without calling them "mean spirited." That phrase was picked up by the left and repeated non-stop for years. Republicans quietly accepted the nomenclature, and before long it became "common knowledge" that Republicans are mean spirited. That's the first time I noticed the left confiscating the language. The author of the essay, I thought, showed the historical perspective of what happens to a society when the language is conquered. I thought it was about as far from intellectual fluff as it could get.

GODWIN"S LAW in FIRST POST.

More of the same crap Rush Limbaugh was peddling 25 years ago and now it's permeated everything. It's always a hit piece against "the left."

It IS common knowledge that Republicans are mean spirited not because of some subtle word usage, but because they're mean spirited.

 

[Rdcldad]

And she was belittled. And she failed. NWA was a precursor to Black Lives Matter. They took control of the language. Virtually every issue we face as a society is controlled by the language, the words, we have all subtly been conditioned to use.

like i said i appreciate your contributions and the discussion but damn

are oreo cookies and chocolate milk the root cause zero u's 2009 elite 8 run?