Topic: So if "abortion" becomes "reproductive rights" and "chain migration" becomes "family reunification"
Meta started this discussion 8 years ago #72,042
What should "pro-gun" become?
harblcopter !4.oaQPPovQ joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #863,952
homeland security
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #863,953
Didn't "family reunification" become "chain migration" already? Why are we changing it back? I can't keep up with the newspeak.
Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 16 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #863,955
@previous (C)
I've been listening to NPR a lot while driving and I think this is an area where Republicans are missing the boat bigly. It's subtle but has a significant impact on how issues are discussed. It's like the Sapir-Whorf thing. Of course I'm not the NPR target demo so maybe regular NPR listeners don't hear it at all.
I've been listening to NPR a lot while driving and I think this is an area where Republicans are missing the boat bigly. It's subtle but has a significant impact on how issues are discussed. It's like the Sapir-Whorf thing. Of course I'm not the NPR target demo so maybe regular NPR listeners don't hear it at all.
Anonymous C replied with this 8 years ago, 9 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #863,956
@previous (Meta)
> I think this is an area where Republicans are missing the boat bigly.
I don't know. Republicans seem to be doing a good job rebranding concepts to suit their narrative lately. For as much as they resisted "political correctness" they seem to have just as much fun re-labeling stuff. The art of rhetoric goes back thousands of years, and how you phrase things matters. If you can come up with a label that imposes some kind cognitive frame at the same time and get everyone to use that, then that's probably a big edge.
> I think this is an area where Republicans are missing the boat bigly.
I don't know. Republicans seem to be doing a good job rebranding concepts to suit their narrative lately. For as much as they resisted "political correctness" they seem to have just as much fun re-labeling stuff. The art of rhetoric goes back thousands of years, and how you phrase things matters. If you can come up with a label that imposes some kind cognitive frame at the same time and get everyone to use that, then that's probably a big edge.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 16 minutes later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #863,957
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I like listening to NPR when I commute but I take about twenty seconds every few segments to scream in exasperation.
I like listening to NPR when I commute but I take about twenty seconds every few segments to scream in exasperation.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #863,959
@OPauper
Why can't you afford to own guns?
Why can't you afford to own guns?
Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #863,960
@863,956 (C)
> For as much as they resisted "political correctness" they seem to have just as much fun re-labeling stuff.
It's one of those things like freedom of speech which people only support when it benefits them. No one is really against political correctness they're just against the other sides PC.
> For as much as they resisted "political correctness" they seem to have just as much fun re-labeling stuff.
It's one of those things like freedom of speech which people only support when it benefits them. No one is really against political correctness they're just against the other sides PC.
Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #863,961
Obama never took your guns :(
..... !2Nu9nWUn.U joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #863,992
It was alwqays family reuninification before TRUMP change it to “chain migration”, so that keeping families apart would not sound as cruel and evil as it actually is.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 8 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #863,994
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Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 6 days later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #866,676
Another one: "gun control" has become "gun safety".
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #866,677
Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 11 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #866,678
@863,992 (..... !2Nu9nWUn.U)> It was alwqays family reuninification before TRUMP change it to “chain migration”
Yeah President Trump changed it in 1960.
Anonymous I replied with this 8 years ago, 39 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #866,679
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Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #866,709
Also there's something about NPR that when I'm listening to it while driving makes me want to stop going where I'm going and take a detour to Washington DC and beat all the announcers senseless with the tire iron in my trunk. It's not even the politics. Pacifica Radio is even leftier and I actually kind of like listening to Democracy Now with Amy Goodman.
It's just something about the way the NPR people sound. Not even what their saying but their voices. I hate all of them.
It's just something about the way the NPR people sound. Not even what their saying but their voices. I hate all of them.
Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 28 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #866,734
@previous (Meta)
It's like when black people try to sound white, but these guys on NPR are already white.
It's like when black people try to sound white, but these guys on NPR are already white.
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Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #866,800
@OP
> What should "pro-gun" become?
I never heard of "chain migration". Where the hell do you get this wacky political stuff anyway
> What should "pro-gun" become?
I never heard of "chain migration". Where the hell do you get this wacky political stuff anyway