So, I was flipping though the usual Left Wing propaganda, on Facebook. This is something I do regularly, as most of my friends are Left Thinking (not always the oxymoron we assume this term to be) and I like to be prepared for the arguements they randomly bring to the table. This being said, I noticed a trend in terms that has appeared along with the riots. The term is Secret Police. This is usually followed by footage of someone being arrested and put into an unmarked police car. Have we so quickly forgotten what the term Secret Police means to a society? In places like Russia, China, Nazi Germany, and the like, the secret police was just that… secret. You wouldn’t get footage of them making an arrest. People, often times families, would just disappear. Their crimes were often times be slights against the goverment or nonapproved behaviour. In today’s climate, this has obviously not happened.
Let me put this into prospective. Imagine watching 3 days of footage from CHAZ, CHOP or whatever the hip new term for the occupation is. Then imagine an overnight media blackout. The next footage you see are empty streets. No one talks about it or the people. Fear keeps everyone silent. If you think voices would rise, then you better check your American Privilege, you don’t know Fear of a Government. The Left throws these terms out there for 2 purposes. The first is fear mongering, but the second is worse. It’s to get you use to the idea that there is a Secret Police. The repetition of a lie will eventually become the truth of the masses. Psychology 101. So, while you might think the Left is slinging terms like a monkey slinging things in the zoo, remember that words are one of our most powerful weapons, for AND against us.
Hopefully this is something everyone can at the very least, consider.
Regards….
4 replies on “The Not-So-Secret Police:The Terms We Use”
There is also that quote from… Dallas I think? TV show with the main star asking his wife who caught him in bed with a mistress “Who you gonna believe, me or your lyin’ eyes?”
The “secret police” with name and number on their sleeve on video still get labeled secret and people just believe what they’re told instead of what they see.
Bill points out sometimes something that also fits with this, that we’ve lived a life of ease and prosperity for so long that we think the barbarians outside the gate are myths, as evidenced by young people saying something I’ve forgotten about not having any prosperity.
The Left knows that controlling our language can give them an in they might not otherwise get. They’ve already done it in numerous cases. Changing the term illegal aliens to illegal immigrants. They’re trying to alter the emotional texture of arguments. That is of course their primary method, to make emotional arguments whether the facts are on their side or not. This is why they literally have whole lists of words to be changed.
The Left has been winning the culture war, and the Right must do something before it’s too late, though many think it already is. We’ve allowed the Left to control the educational institutions, infest the government and Corporate organizations, and dominate entertainment and the mainstream media. How many Conservative journalists are there? The Right is only reacting to the news, not framing the narrative as the Left has been doing.
It doesn’t matter if the facts are on our side if we have no effective means of communicating it. The Right has largely been holding its ground, with some successes here and there, but ultimately unless the Right doesn’t regain a foothold in shaping our culture, we’ll lose eventually. Conservatives need to stop just reacting and start actively shaping the future.
James, I completely agree with your statement. I want to underline a comment that you made, that I felt was extremely important, ‘The Right is only reacting to the news, not framing the narrative as the Left has been doing.’ The key to winning most arguements against the Left is framing the arguement properly. If readers don’t know how to frame an arguement, there are tons of videos on it. I truly believe that the readers are the front lines to winning the culture wars, and it starts with one conversation at a time. Thankfully, we have Bill, Scott, and Steve (along with the rest of the team) to help provide us the ammo.
I agree that things have to start somewhere, but until the Right retakes its place in the education institutions, the media, and the rest of society we’re fighting if not a losing battle, certainly an uphill one. To be fair, the Right hasn’t been entirely banished from the various institutions I’ve mentioned, but in all of them the Right is an uncomfortably very small minority. That needs to begin to change in more than just the small steps that have been achieved.
I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, as there are some good signs out there. Maybe it’s just a symptom of being in the underdog position. Unfortunately, I do think that things will get worse before they get better. But, hasn’t that always been the pattern of history? 🤷♂️