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rbrnmw

(7,160 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:34 PM Sep 2012

What is your least favorite conservative buzzword? [View all]

Mine is labeling every social program "entitlements" My husband hates statist he says for one thing they don't know what it means and another is they all use it constantly

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What is your least favorite conservative buzzword? [View all] rbrnmw Sep 2012 OP

I'm not a fan of the way they interchange "values" for "bigotry," myself! MADem Sep 2012 #1

Freedom. They don't even have a clue what it means. n/t Avalux Sep 2012 #2

YES! eqfan592 Sep 2012 #10

Agree!!! patrice Sep 2012 #26

For them it means freedom to shit in the reservoir eridani Sep 2012 #44

When right-wingers say "Freedom", they actually mean privilege. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #53

Freedom... for the most ruthless. JHB Sep 2012 #71

Have you noticed how they now refer to our "freedoms"? Poiuyt Sep 2012 #87

"Family Values" grates on my nerves. We certainly don't share their concept of family values, but RKP5637 Sep 2012 #3

i am going to have to agree for the simple fact of their hypocrisy. pro life, too. seabeyond Sep 2012 #21

Yep! Two others that irk me are "Real Americans" and "Patriots." Like none in America RKP5637 Sep 2012 #38

yes. nt seabeyond Sep 2012 #61

'Anti-life' is used at times; so is 'culture of death' LeftishBrit Sep 2012 #73

We might somewhere if republicans start to love their children more than they hate us. Brother Buzz Sep 2012 #33

Only their families have value. eridani Sep 2012 #47

My least favorite conservative buzzword is, CONSERVATIVE. DrewFlorida Sep 2012 #4

Republicans are Freeloaders and Corporate Welfare Queens. The republicans don't want to RKP5637 Sep 2012 #7

the fokkks phrase "some say" oldhippydude Sep 2012 #5

"The Democrat Party" Teamster Jeff Sep 2012 #6

This!! AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #39

the worst part of that Democrat party thing oldhippydude Sep 2012 #48

baka tare AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #50

thank you.. oldhippydude Sep 2012 #60

Austerity... NYC_SKP Sep 2012 #8

"job creators" KathieG Sep 2012 #9

Yep, that one burns my ass too! DrewFlorida Sep 2012 #11

You got it. Job Creators mick063 Sep 2012 #29

Yes! They're not job creators, they're job destroyers! Initech Sep 2012 #35

That's mine too! (nt) TuxedoKat Sep 2012 #75

Along with the one you mentioned, how about, "We built it"? MrMickeysMom Sep 2012 #12

conservative hollysmom Sep 2012 #13

+1google! patrice Sep 2012 #23

Cadillac driving welfare queen. Arctic Dave Sep 2012 #14

Socialism JHB Sep 2012 #15

They use it constantly, without even knowing what it means. begin_within Sep 2012 #22

"playing the race card" Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2012 #16

Yup Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #54

"Right to work" and "family values." Brickbat Sep 2012 #17

Statist/Marxist/Socialist XemaSab Sep 2012 #18

I've seen a few females use it . . . but red-baiting IS primarily a guy thing among the Tea Set. HughBeaumont Sep 2012 #40

Many of the above + "abortionist." (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2012 #19

Liberty - What they mean is EXPLOITATION & their need for slaves to stay slaves. patrice Sep 2012 #20

Founding Fathers lpbk2713 Sep 2012 #24

Any word that comes out of a conservative's mouth pisses me off. madinmaryland Sep 2012 #25

what about ? what !! we lost again former-republican Sep 2012 #28

Mine is the ACLU former-republican Sep 2012 #27

yet the same wingnut talking heads turn to the ACLU when they're in trouble Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2012 #31

Crazy isn't former-republican Sep 2012 #37

"Job creators" makes me nuts. Webster Green Sep 2012 #30

"Nanny State" Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2012 #32

"fiscal conservative" code for "squeeze the serfs" phasma ex machina Sep 2012 #34

It Drives Me Nuts On the Road Sep 2012 #63

"Entitlement". n/t whathehell Sep 2012 #36

Some Bingos for reference: HughBeaumont Sep 2012 #41

Love these! Iris Sep 2012 #43

So Cool rbrnmw Sep 2012 #67

"Class Warfare" Populist_Prole Sep 2012 #42

'investors,' 'entitlements,' 'job creators,' there are others. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #45

"Values Voter" Zambero Sep 2012 #46

"Real America". Where does one suppose this real America is? Jennicut Sep 2012 #49

Job Creators & Marxist/Socialist RichardRay Sep 2012 #51

One that always gets me: "We're gonna take this country back!!!" Initech Sep 2012 #52

Feminazi slampoet Sep 2012 #55

Religious liberty Freddie Sep 2012 #56

chortle. It's a dead giveaway. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2012 #57

Spam deleted by Warren DeMontague (MIR Team) xxxhelal Sep 2012 #58

Concerns about the evil deficit Freddie Sep 2012 #59

"Pro-abortion" LittlestStar Sep 2012 #62

Entitlements. WilliamPitt Sep 2012 #64

"small government" and "Constitutionalist" tnvoter Sep 2012 #65

You could probably break all of these down in a Dog Whistle Glossary . . .. HughBeaumont Sep 2012 #66

We could make book of these rbrnmw Sep 2012 #68

"Family Values," which is nothing more than a thinly-veiled attack QC Sep 2012 #69

Freedom. ananda Sep 2012 #70

'Culture of dependency' basically meaning poverty LeftishBrit Sep 2012 #72

All of the posts above. AND... Raine1967 Sep 2012 #74

"kick the can down the road"... tosh Sep 2012 #76

"the fact of the matter is" followed by the lie-du-jour. nt PCIntern Sep 2012 #77

There's plenty of them Catherine Vincent Sep 2012 #78

Any of the synonyms for their definition of "communist." (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #79

Pro-life intaglio Sep 2012 #80

"Union Bosses" demosincebirth Sep 2012 #81

The whole "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" phrase. Smickey Sep 2012 #82

"Government" ZX86 Sep 2012 #83

The Democrat Party... Blue Belle Sep 2012 #84

feminazi kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #85

"Family" stuntcat Sep 2012 #86