American, real

Americans, Real 1: a white male. 2: a listener to right-wing talk radio.

elites

Elites 1: any talking head on television. 2: someone who works in Washington, DC wearing clothes costing more than 40 hours of minimum wage.

Free Speech, Pay-per-speech

Free Speech 1: the right of common Americans to share their thoughts and views, preferably to as few people as possible. 2: common and worthless. 3: the right to shout “f--k” in a crowded theatre but not “fire.” See Pay-per-speech.

Pay-per-speech 1: speech common Americans pay for. (e.g. newspapers and cable news.) 2: mass produced speech which decreases cost while maximizing profit for corporations. 3: valued speech because you pay for it. (Ex.: “You’ll pay to know what you really think.” -SubGenius pamphlet.)

Activist Judge

Activist Judge, n 1: a judge who renders constitutional decisions lacking in political considerations. 2: an unelected official too well placed to be hung by opposing politicians. 3: a person who intelligently interprets the law in a damnably inconsiderate way.

Liberal, conservative, progressive

Liberal, n 1: a breed of swine.

Conservative, n 1: a different breed of swine.

Progressive, n 1: not a swine but will often eat their young.

Liberal

Conservative (American), n: someone who yearns for the reestablishment of a past that never existed.

Liberal (American), n: someone who yearns to build the palace of the future from the Tower of Babel.

Political correctness, pt 1

I love watching the way words change over time. The process seems to give me an insight into the milieu which created the new variation on the word, the nuance of evolving language. I try not to be an absolutist or overly conservative about word meanings. The origins of words are important but communication is my bedrock for language.

Political correctness had a somewhat different meaning in the late 1970s and early 1980s than it has today. (Perhaps earlier as well but this is just my personal experience.) On my college campus and in general left-wing parlance, it was a joke about people in progressive movements who adhered to strict doctrinaire positions. It was particularly applied to those in Marxist/Leninist/Maoist circles who parroted precisely the "party line" of those groups (e.g., the Socialist Workers Party.) Because the general principles and analysis were already in place in these sorts of groups, often the result was an inflexible (and often invariable) solution to any political problem or issue. Thus, these folk had extensive and exhaustive rhetoric that they were able to call upon at any time. Since their basic posulates for tactics and discussions were predetermined, arguing with them was usually pointless.

In general, progressives with adaptive approaches to social or political problems viewed the philosophy and solutions of these extremely rigid left groups as humorless. Because every social problem often had a single rote solution according to these "establishment" left groups, such solutions were called politically correct. Politically correct meant repeating the same answer about solutions to social ills, sometimes even if the circumstances had changed and rendered the answer meaningless or inapplicable.

Political muck

Politician, n 1: someone who solicits donations of money in order to collect votes. 2: a popular liar. 3: a public servant with private financing

Suicide bomber, n: a person on a fast track to the afterlife and seeking company.

Terrorist, n: a person believing fear is a perfectly valid foundation for establishing a government for the good of the people.

Freedom Fighter, n: a terrorist (q.v.) with better public relations.

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Words

It is not the first time I have thought to post some satirical froth. I feel a slight weariness with the state of political and social commentary, it seeming to be all spin and opinion (and often ill-informed opinion at that!) And I love words. You can do so much with them! What's most troubling is the definitions. So static yet full of possibility! And I like to make words mean what I like them to, not what someone else says. I'm sure you catch the reference. So I'll see whether this humble record will evoke a laugh or two. I must insist that this is a pastime, the result of idle musing over the daily screeds called the "news", and not a sullen denounciation of record.

A Warning though: Some of these definitions MAY offend SOME people. I cannot guarantee it, but I certainly hope so! Enjoy!