Words Mean Things - But Those Meanings Change

[murielm99]

3. I am not convinced that we have to accept

all of those changes.

Many of them are politically motivated by people who are not our friends.

I refuse to call bigots, misogynists and racists the alt-right. They do not need a softer term to describe their hatred.

I refuse to call programs like Social Security and Medicare entitlements. We paid for those programs. Implying that they are handouts is unacceptable.

I am not a progressive. I am a liberal. I refuse to let right-wing haters turn something I am proud of into a dirty word.

I do not belong to the Democrat Party. I belong to the Democratic Party. I do not like the implied insult and they need to use better grammar.

Words matter. I will not surrender the English language to haters or to journalists who could not pass a basic vocabulary or grammar test if their lives depended on it. I will examine every change and resist if it is being used as propaganda, or to alter our perceptions of reality, or to hide ulterior agendas.