People of all stripes, but mostly on the left, use the power of carefully chosen words to shape thier image.
Homosexuals become Gay. Crushing babies' skulls becomes choice. We're told that Karl Marx named his party the Bolsheveks–which meant majority–even though they were nowhere close to that.
I think of this when I hear of the 'Progressives.' Its a name clearly chosen to project an avant garde image leading us to a future of progress. A hopeful and ever changing future, perhaps.
But then you look at what they stand for–and what they do.
Progressive?
In two terms as president, doubling the national debt? Sapping financial strength from job creators? Locking up natural resources driving up prices and dependancy on others? Cutting the Naval force in half?
Their 'progress' carried on for a generation leaves America poorer, in bondage, and greatly weakened in a world where strength means everything.
A better word for this might be regressive. Pulling us backwards.
Perhaps, henceforth, we need to refer to them as they are… The Regressives.
The Regressive Left.
If words matter, then it matters that we use them right.
