From ‘sanctuary cities’ to ‘safer at home’ the Left has mastered the art of rhetorical intelligence. Bill Whittle and Zo Rachel run a clinic on how to overcome Progressive language.
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The idea of sanctuary cities is older than that and the phrase finds its origin in the Law of the old testament. These cities of refuge where intended for someone who had ACCIDENTALLY killed their neighbor, and the examples given are if he swings an axe and the head of the axe comes off and kills his friend, or if they roll a stone and unintentionally it kills someone, they can flee to one of the 4 cities set apart to save themselves from the avenger of blood.
The question to ask them is, Sanctuary for who? For the guilty? That’s not what sanctuary cities were for.
Near the end as well, you mentioned how the left eats itself, but asked when, when will that take place? The envious will continue to devour while there exist those who generate wealth to devour from. The left does not know how to generate wealth and is not willing to put in the pain of investment, to sacrifice the moment for the future. It’s easier for them to intimidate the producers or to forcefully take what they want. In some cases opportunity really is lacking, but not always. Today I would ask for a person’s work history before I spare even a moment to hear their complaint.
Conservatives think they ought to be above the petty squabble of what to name this year’s omnibus bill or fad agenda, and win the argument on the substance of the matter. That’s one of our great weaknesses. It feels distasteful like some kind of underhanded witchcraft to deliberately engage in this form of persuasion.
And there is a form of magical thinking that seems to be at work. Certain words have perceived power: Terrorism, Infrastructure, Recovery. What the words actually mean is less important than the effects they are able to evoke, what machinery they might activate.
The Nazi’s just burnt the churches after locking the doors.
You be positive, Proton.
I’ll be negative, Electron.
The rest can either be neutral, Neutron,
or ambivalent, Nutrino.
Or be clueless, Moron.
A podcast I listen to twice every week, the No Agenda Show, does media deconstruction. They frequently play clips of all the MSM news broadcasts saying exactly the same thing when reporting on the same story. The left knows the power of repetition when they’re propagandizing the public.
Thanks! This gives me another news source.
Correction, intelligence is not involved. The left just redefine and twist words to disguise their Marxist bull crap.
Look at how they name their hare brained bills.
They’ll name a bill that criminalizes being born white and label it the ‘For the Children’s Future and save the puppies act”.
I’m furious whenever I hear some congressional bill being called ‘The cute puppies and milk for children bill’ or some such ‘infrastructure’ ‘for the people’ ‘the civil rights bill’ . And then the stupid party goes along with it for fear of voting against the name .
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They often demonstrate this kind of glibness.
HOW? in 2021 is it not possible to understand “Smart Stupid.” They are the individuals in the #46 administration and the driving force of The Democratic Socialist (OXYMORON), Socialist, Marxist, AMERICAN MARXISM, Fascist, Fascistic Socialist, Progressive and Totalitarian Gaggle known as the NEW Democratic Socialist (OXYMORON) Party, the Party of INSANITY, ANTI-AMERICANISM, FRAUD & TOTALITARIANISM pray at the Alter of THE myopic, delusional, corrupt, FRAUDULENT and very destructive IDEOLOGY and its number one weapon of CHOICE, the “fundamental transformation of America.” These “Smart Stupid” getting even MORE “Stupid Stupid” have fallen totally in the Vortex of Einstein’s excellent definition of INSANITY. He stated that engaging in the EXACT same behavior over and over and over again, each and every time expecting a very different result, BUT each and every time getting the exact SAME fresult is INSANE.
WELCOME to the BizzaroWorld where the Twilight Zone married the Outer limits and immediately gave birth to Alfred E. Newman.
These are Fools on a Fools errand to do the MOST Foolish things possible, thereby, reinforcing their Total FOOLISHNESS.
They want to change definitions and use the new definition in an old argument and pretend that altering the terms doesn’t alter the argument
Lots to comment on this one. I saw the INGSOC and knew where this was going. Just finished 1984 a month ago. But I knew the importance of definitions of words years ago. Personally, I used the term right and left, saying “The Right is right, and the Left is what is left” Trying to come up with a new one. Collectivist vs individualist is one. Modern feudalism (elite group with rights an freedoms, and the rest with neither) for the left. Working on the right. Best so far “Moral responsible freedom”, but too long. For.years, I found out the hard way, to define word definitions when arguing/discussing. Then I use their words against them like a verbal judo. If they use a word differently than I do, I ask what word I should use. This either ends most often with people whose minds are made up and they don’t want to be confused with the facts with them walking away mad and/or calling me names. Conversion has happened, but rarely. If you have not read 1984, do so. It’s a slog. A hard read. But you will recognize the Lefts tactics. Changing language. Changing history. So much more.
I re-read 1984 just last month. Finished right before going on vacation (side note, started reading Chernow’s biography of Grant on vacation on Scott’s recommendation. It’s very good but that’s going to take awhile.) and it is amazing to me how it seems like a how to book for the left, rather than a dystopian cautionary tale.
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be intreated, all of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”
James 1:5 and 3:17 (KJV)