Saturday, July 26, 2008
Unnecessary fears about conservatives
Conservatives want the promotion of the normalization of homosexual behavior out of public schools and, ideally, the news and entertainment media. We do not want laws prohibiting homosexual behavior or limiting rights of those that engage in homosexual behavior.
Liberals' New Dictionary
- Notably missing from the Liberals' Dictionary: Ex-gay: Liberals refuse to accept the fact that this is the actual experience and state of many individuals. Logic: Discussed elsewhere. The liberal education system eliminated this antiquated tool for clear thinking, analysis and communication long ago (oh, roughly beginning in the late 1960's). It is telling that liberals so often censor these words and others (e.g., conservative ideas in educational environments) when they are so quick to accuse conservatives of censorship. But remember that is yet another situation where those nasty concepts of facts and logic tend to mess up your setup.
- Liberals are redefining words. This may be because they believe the words they are redefining seem to describe obvious good or bad characteristics and, therefore, can be used instead of logic and reason. It may also be related to their relativist notion of reality. "That's YOUR truth, not mine." (By the way, this is not an attempt to create a clever joke. These words are actually used by adult, supposedly educated people to mean what is described below.)
- Diversity
- Hate. New meaning: conservative disapproval of behaviors of, or conservative disagreement with ideas expressed by liberals. "Your anti-abortion stance reveals your hatred of women." Actual meaning: To dislike intensely. Quote translation: "Rather than debate you on the topic of abortion, I'll issue a groundless negative accusation of you."
- Homophobic. New meaning: thinking, saying or doing anything that could be considered, by a liberal, to be negative in regard to homosexual behavior. "Opposing teaching first graders that homosexual behavior is normal and morally equivalent to heterosexuality shows you are homophobic." Actual meaning: Fear or intense dislike of those engaged in homosexual activity. Quote translation: "I don't have any associated facts and it is much easier to parrot what I hear in the (liberal, of course) media and entertainment venues concerning the normalization of homosexual behavior rather than think, investigate or listen to reasoned, compassionate, conservative viewpoints. It is also easier just to call you a name, however inapplicable or untrue. You probably deserve it because you must be like the only conservative I have ever heard on this topic, thanks again to the media: that hateful guy from some church that is composed of only a few of his family members."
- Pornographic. New meanings: 1. none. Some liberals have completely eliminated this word from their lexicon. They have no idea about and cannot relate to the concept. "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia is a great play." In this context, the word pornographic would never be used, even though many would say it should almost always appear in the same sentence with the title. 2. violating a liberal tenet, such as socialism or proto-anarchy or why can't we just get along by eliminating all objection to all liberal causes; particularly in regard to conservative ideas or mass/widespread events. "You want to know what's pornographic? I'll tell you what's pornographic: global warming and "too much" profit by oil companies." Interestingly, in regard to the second example, oil company profits can be pornographic, but entertainment industry or personal injury law firm profits are never pornographic. Actual meaning: relating to sexually explicit material intended to cause sexual arousal.
- Safe or safety. Usually used in school contexts. New meaning: The intellectual and attitudinal environment (as manifested in the words and actions of the students, faculty and administrators, and the content of the teaching) in a school that allows only liberal ideas. Yes, it is curious that this seems to in conflict with "diversity" (which see). "Your comment that transgenderism is a disorder will make so and so feel unsafe." Actual meaning: Secure from danger, harm or evil (isn't that ironic). Quote translation: "Because feelings are the new arbiter of ethical, moral, economic, social, and political (is anything exempt?) disputes, and because there is a chance a liberal person may feel badly because of your comment, or just knowing that you might think such a thing, you have harmed so and so."
- Tolerance. New meaning: openness to and ultimate acceptance and encouragement of ideas to the left of the liberal speaker. "We are adding these texts to the third grade curriculum in order to encourage tolerance." Actual meaning: Willingness or ability to tolerate (= allow the existence or occurrence of without authoritative interference); forbearance (= patient self-control). Quote translation: "We are adding these texts to the third grade curriculum to try to make the kids believe transgenderism (etc.) reflects normal behavior."
- Victim. New meaning: In any circumstance where anything negative can be said about me, that negative element is not my fault. "I had to divorce her. I was a constant victim of her complaining. She was the problem, not me" Actual meaning: One who is harmed or killed by another. Quote translation: "It might hurt my self-esteem and quality of life to examine my own actions and words. I might feel bad and feeling bad means something wrong has been done against me." Sad note: this new meaning is also used by conservatives.