llkoolkeg
Hairy Flaccid Member
Why do we continue to allow gun banners to frame debate rigged in their favor? I enjoy language and its significance and would love to hear your suggestions for turning around the antis' favorite demonizing rhetorical phrases and terminology, e.g.:
politician => politrickster
gun control => arms ban
assault weapon => "scary" semi-auto
high capacity clips => standard magazines
reduced-capacity clips => downsized magazines
cooling-off period => mandated transfer delay
instant check system => delayed response shi+stem
I've seen some very good examples spread all over the board in other threads and was hoping to consolidate the list(if not previously done). Continuing to use damning terms for the rights, tools and freedoms we hold dear just helps perpetuate pejorative stereotypes about them. If you're not doing so already, please start calling these affronts by their more accurate, O'Malley-offending terms. Thanks a million for your recommendations and to those who participated in yesterday's opportunity to tell MD's Emperor that he wears no clothes and his naked aggression relative to our God-given & constitutionally-enumerated rights will not continue unspotlighted.
politician => politrickster
gun control => arms ban
assault weapon => "scary" semi-auto
high capacity clips => standard magazines
reduced-capacity clips => downsized magazines
cooling-off period => mandated transfer delay
instant check system => delayed response shi+stem
I've seen some very good examples spread all over the board in other threads and was hoping to consolidate the list(if not previously done). Continuing to use damning terms for the rights, tools and freedoms we hold dear just helps perpetuate pejorative stereotypes about them. If you're not doing so already, please start calling these affronts by their more accurate, O'Malley-offending terms. Thanks a million for your recommendations and to those who participated in yesterday's opportunity to tell MD's Emperor that he wears no clothes and his naked aggression relative to our God-given & constitutionally-enumerated rights will not continue unspotlighted.