{"id":27951,"date":"2016-04-03T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T20:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27951"},"modified":"2016-04-03T16:01:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T20:01:20","slug":"if-you-dont-like-what-someone-is-saying-change-the-meaning-of-the-words-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27951","title":{"rendered":"If You Don’t Like What Someone Is Saying, Change The Meaning Of The Words Used"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things I miss about New England is Howie Carr<\/a>. He has always had an ability to hit the nail on the head when discussing politics. He posted an article in the Boston Herald<\/a> today discussing how the political class and the media have changed the meaning of words to suit their needs. Evidently the English language<\/a> is something of an ever-changing, growing thing (like the way Democrats<\/a> see the U.S. Constitution<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Some examples from the article.<\/p>\n

On Friday night, Obama referred to an airstrike as a \u201ckinetic action\u201d and his sock puppets in the media nodded. If George W. Bush<\/a> had said the same thing, they would have described it as a \u201cwar crime.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Bernie Sanders<\/a> lashed out at Hillary Clinton, saying that she took money from \u201cthe fossil-fuel industry,\u201d which was formerly known as \u201cBig Oil.\u201d But now the big tent of bad energy must be expanded to include coal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…With these people, every day is 1984 and they\u2019re the Ministry of Truth<\/a>. Obamacare is the Affordable Care Act<\/a> \u2014 and it\u2019s unaffordable. And when your income-tax return is docked because you couldn\u2019t afford affordable care, it\u2019s not a fine, it\u2019s a \u201cshared responsibility tax.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

How about the word \u201csettled\u201d? Settled science is in fact religion, and any researcher who dares dissent from the various cults\u2019 orthodoxies will lose his research grant and any chance for tenure, and eventually may even be prosecuted. (Ask Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article reminds us that settled law is anything the Democrats decide it is. The Second Amendment, which goes back to the origins of America, is not settled law, yet abortion is. Five minutes after the concept of marriage was redefined by our government, the new definition became settled law. Settled law is obviously in the eye of the beholder.<\/p>\n

The article continues:<\/p>\n

Higher taxes are an \u201cinvestment in the future\u201d \u2014 their future, not yours. A teachable moment \u2014 an opportunity to lecture you on your shortcomings. Dialogue \u2014 see teachable moment. Affirmative action \u2014 racial discrimination on behalf of Democrats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drunkards and drug addicts now have substance-abuse disorders. They are chemically dependent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Illegal aliens are undocumented workers, even though most of them don\u2019t work. They live in the shadows, except for when they\u2019re going to the State House on weekdays during business hours to issue non-negotiable demands for more handouts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An earned income tax credit is a welfare payment for someone who doesn\u2019t pay taxes, and thus cannot receive a \u201ccredit.\u201d A subsidy is likewise a handout if it goes to any industry that actually produces something, in which case it\u2019s \u201ccrony capitalism.\u201d But if the subsidy goes to Democratic bundlers running bust-out \u201cgreen\u201d energy companies that produce no energy \u2014 that\u2019s a \u201csmart\u201d investment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article also points out the differences between the way things Democrats do and things Republicans do are reported. Republicans lie; Democrats misspeak. When a Republican changes his mind, he ‘flip-flops.’ When a Democrat changes his mind, he is ‘evolving.’<\/p>\n

Please follow the link above to read the entire article–there are some amazing examples of misuse of the English language in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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