Conservative ?! 

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Don't Give a Good word for Bad people

They are not conservatives, they are Authoritarians

 

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Karl Rove must smile when we use this good word to describe his radically destructive friends.

 

Somewhere in our minds conservative means avoiding risks and protecting what's valuable.

 

Should our  leaders be conservative?

When getting on an airplane, most want a Risk Averse pilot, one who is  cautiously moderate.  We don't want to be part of experimental tricks up in the sky. There is something positive about prudent, careful stewardship.

This important positive connotation is bound with that tern conservative. Yet, this is exactly what "the conservative movement" is not.  

 

There lies the mind f*ck.

 

to call such radical authoritarians "conservative" is to sabotage communication and / or clear thinking,  and help the current  ruler's strategy of confusion.

No wonder so many apparently can't think straight about politics today.

 

Perhaps many people can't think straight about public policy because some accepted forms of language that undermine clear thinking. 

 

Pardon me:  What is conservative about:

  • rushing into an unnecessary war?

  • destroying our civil liberties? 

  • destroying our environment?

  • destroying the separation between church & state?

  • record deficits?

  • lowering taxes on the rich during a time of war?

  • exporting jobs overseas?

  • destroying the dollar's value?

Language is democratic, much more democratic than any Diebold run election.  It's easy, just start the habit of calling them Authoritarians, or right-wingers, regressives, plutocrats or something else that is accurate.

Financing a war of choice on a credit card is the opposite of conservative.    Republicans Are Not Conservative

Deficits *do* matter,  Mr. Likes-to-call-himself-conservative

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Refer to Authoritarians by a true name, not the false name repeated by the dominant media.  

Replace imprecise or misleading language. 

You can make a difference by merely being more mindful of  language. 

 

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