"We DO think in language."
- George Carlin
I, like many here was stunned by the recent Republican political ploy that was the last vote on "cutting and running" in Iraq. As I am wont to do, I began to think. This was of course in between long sessions of Dragon Quest VIII; an excellent game, by the way. I thought about how much sheer ground that liberals have given up in the language wars. We are all complicit in allowing them to just pluck from the sky like so many ducks the very words that we use. Liberals have turned from fellow hunters into the dog from "Duck Hunt" that simply giggles and holds up the duck.
People think in language. If they say "cutting and running" instead of "...not becoming colonial occupiers of Iraq. We fought a massive revolution to stop being a colony." We buy into their language, and any kind of pre-emptive move out of Iraq becomes the act of a marathoner with a razor blade to most of the country.
About a month ago, I posted an essay entitled "I don't support the troops" and many were so lockstep into that slogan that there were people who wanted to spit at me as if they were Keith Hernandez:
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This slogan spouted by SUV drivers across our nutty, fruity plain had become irrefutable and treasonous to deny. I pointed out the ridiculousness of this (the reality is that I sent several video games to the troops as part of a company-wide support progam for my employer and I know and respect many former soldiers) and the slogan was so deeply rooted in tiny brains that I was nearly castrated by the thought police.
Without further pontificating, I now present the promised top ten, with the hopes that I may never see these slogans used by a liberal.
- Support the Troops. (See above post and statement)
- War on Terror. (Slightly preceded by the war on anger.)
- Cut and Run Strategy. (Really only used by ninjas)
- Liberals. (Idiots think this is either a bad word now, don't know what it means, or use "progressive" which is just weak)
- Sancitity of marriage. (Most marriages end in divorce. This is about as realistic as the sanctity of pie)
- Embolden the insurgents (Note: if you've decided to blow yourself up for a cause, is there anything out there that is going to "bolden" you. You're already there. This is like showing a Lexus owner a Hyundai commercial. They're already where they're gonna be. They can't get bolder)
- Up or down vote (Recent congressional controls have been removed to protect and embolden the rights of the minority in congress. The last bastion of which is the filibuster. An "up or down vote" is what roman emperors gave gladiators. There should be a way to screen judges that falls between what is in place now and say, how the Philidelphia Eagles hire and fire)
- Help small business (This is just a lie)
- Protect the homeland (Democrats - whenever they say this, just have a little bell that goes off in your head that says "they're fucking immigrants" and we'll be fine on this piece of Orwellian jibberish)
- Children (If a conservative uses the word "Children" EVER, they're full of shit. Just immediately start hammering away with neat little words I've made up like "deficit, environment, taxes, privatization and health care, that that'll make their balls shrivel up like raisins)