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Liberal politicians and media figures often put forth the claim that certain words, when used by conservatives, really mean something else, and must be "translated" for the general public to understand. Well, liberals have their own code phrases too. When you see or hear one of the following phrases from a liberal, you can simply substitute the real meaning, and then you can understand what they're talking about. |
| When liberals say | Normal people would have said | Example of use | ||
| activists | rabble | |||
| advocate | rabble-rouser | |||
| affirmative action | exclusion of straight white males | |||
| alternative | 1. aberrant 2. disgusting 3. self-destructive |
"The Rainbow Cirriculum is designed to raise tolerance for alternative livestyles." | ||
| assault weapon | privately-owned weapon | |||
| balance | 1. Two liberals arguing over the rate at which government should be expanded 2. Three or more liberals who are allowed to speak freely vs. one conservative who is never allowed to utter a complete sentence 3. Two or more liberals vs. congenitally insane person passed off as a conservative |
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| Bible thumper | non-liberal Christian | |||
| big business | an operation that makes money but doesn't donate to liberals | |||
| can't | don't want to | "There must be a safety net for those who can't work." | ||
| censorship | the refusal to fund a liberal viewpoint | "Eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts is censorship." | ||
| common sense gun laws1 | disarmament of law-abiding citizens | |||
| compassion | tax increases | "Mr. Clinton today announced that compassion would be the cornerstone of his administration." | ||
| compromise with | cave in to | "We call upon the Republicans to compromise with President Clinton." | ||
| concerned citizen | Democratic Party contributor | "Today Mr. Gore met with concerned citizens in the Buddhist commmunity." | ||
| conservative bias | 1. logic 2. reason 3. objectivity |
"The Harvard faculty is careful to avoid conservative bias at all times." | ||
| disadvantaged | unproductive | |||
| diversity1 | elements beholden to leftist ideology | "The university has an interest in maintaining diversity." | ||
| draconian cut | 1% reduction in spending | |||
| eco-friendly | 1. expensive 2. shoddy 3. dangerous 4. made by brother-in-law of EPA administrator 5. any combination of the above |
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| endangered species | evolutionary dead end | |||
| extremism | consistency | |||
| giving to | taking less from | |||
| hate speech | unvarnished truth | "The FCC should do something about the hate speech on Limbaugh's show." | ||
| homophobic | disputes claims of gay rights advocates | |||
| invest in | 1. waste money on 2. give unearned money to 3. purchase votes in |
"We must invest in the developing nations and our own inner cities." | ||
| living document1 | 1. hindrance to my agenda 2. thing I feel free to ignore |
"The Constitution is a living document." | ||
| mean-spirited | practical | "The libertarian plan to eliminate the public schools is mean-spirited." | ||
| minority rights | privileges for a select few minority leaders | |||
| moderate | liberal | "John McCain is a moderate Republican." | ||
| multiculturalism3 | see affirmative action | |||
| Nazi | conservative | |||
| oppress | ignore | "The conservatives plan to oppress the poor." | ||
| out of context | by an unbiased reporter | "Reverend Farrakhan stated that he had been quoted out of context." | ||
| partial birth abortion1 | slaughter of healthy children | |||
| peace2 | world-wide communism | "Give peace a chance." | ||
| peace | murdering innocent women and children | "Islam is a religion of peace." | ||
| racist | not biased against whites and Asians | |||
| religious right | neither atheist nor liberal | |||
| reproductive choice1 | tearing healthy children apart and throwing them into the trash | |||
| rich | 1. not eligible for welfare 2. trailer home paid off 3. still has money left over after paying taxes 4. productive |
"Mr. Clinton promised that any future tax increases would be borne by the rich." | ||
| right wing | to the right of Karl Marx | |||
| serve | seek to rule | "Democrats serve the people." | ||
| sexist | not biased against men | |||
| slashed spending | spending neither increased nor decreased | |||
| social justice3 | socialism | |||
| spending cut | smaller increase than what we wanted | "We object to the spending cut in the School Lunch Program." | ||
| starve | work for a living | "The Republican plan for welfare reform will cause the poor to starve." | ||
| sustainable1 | 1. heavily taxed 2. heavily regulated |
"Greenpeace urged the United States to favor sustainable growth." | ||
| taking from | giving less to | |||
| unfair towards | not rigged in favor of | |||
| vast right-wing conspiracy | collection of honest people | "...this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president." | ||
| war on the poor | tax cuts | |||
| warmonger | patriot | |||
| windfall profits | earnings |
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