The left is using the abuse of our language as a weapon in the destruction of the country.
My favorite example is the word racist…which leftists have watered down to a meaningless expression trying to claim that everything is racist.
The definition of a woman is easy.
“Adult female” ain’t that tough.
Here’s a good piece from the Washington Times.
“There’s a “challenge” at the southern border, not a “crisis.” Migrant children are being held in “reception centers” not “cages.” Instead of “border security,” it’s “border safety.” Deleted are the phrases “legal and illegal,” replaced with “authorized and unauthorized.”
“Democrats are using their political power to change the English language — to blur the meaning of what’s right versus wrong of what’s politically correct versus incorrect. Living in a world of cancel culture it all becomes perilous to the average American — what words can be used to describe what, without offending?
And it’s intentional. The left has long tried to redefine the meaning of words to their political advantage and in many cases have succeeded. Remember last fall, when then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett was criticized for using the term “sexual preference,” in responding to a question about legal protections for the LGBT community during her confirmation hearing?
“Sexual preference” was weaponized by the left for being a homophobic slur. The correct term is “sexual orientation,” PBS News’ Yamiche Alcindor quickly pointed out at the time. The Advocate called Justice Barrett’s comment “a revealing moment,” and CNN political commentator David Axelrod mused, “I wonder if [Barrett] views heterosexuality as a ‘preference.’”
Never mind, Democrats have been using the term “sexual preference” for ages — then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden used it on the campaign trail in May. Most alarming in Justice Barrett’s case is after she uttered the term, Merriam-Webster updated its definition of “preference” to include the word’s usage in certain contexts may be “offensive.”
Toward the end of the piece…
“Creating new definitions for existing words or creating new words entirely is being used by Democrats to redefine our republic. As columnist Jim Harbison pointed out several years ago, for a stable society to exist, there must be a common language, with commonly accepted and understood words.”