You're right Rob" Words do matter. Which is why the "Left" has been winning the battle for the minds and souls. We began to lose when we allowed "the Left" to control our language. We could replace "Left", (a term 200 years out of date), with "authoritarian" - more accurate perhaps, but still inadequate . The "authoritarians" control all discourse. And have since the 60's. If we can only discuss issues using their words, we can never actually deal with very real core problems. Because we're not allowed to mention them. Ever. The last few years have seen a movement from 'political correctness' to stark raving lunacy. We have so perverted our language that we are rapidly losing the ability to communicate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRFfR3k1kA
About 16 and 1/2 minutes he talks about the WHO changing the meaning of words.
You're right Rob" Words do matter. Which is why the "Left" has been winning the battle for the minds and souls. We began to lose when we allowed "the Left" to control our language. We could replace "Left", (a term 200 years out of date), with "authoritarian" - more accurate perhaps, but still inadequate . The "authoritarians" control all discourse. And have since the 60's. If we can only discuss issues using their words, we can never actually deal with very real core problems. Because we're not allowed to mention them. Ever. The last few years have seen a movement from 'political correctness' to stark raving lunacy. We have so perverted our language that we are rapidly losing the ability to communicate.