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ck4829

(34,977 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 11:21 AM Mar 2019

Can politicians and pundits at least get a thesaurus or is wanting that going to be "socialism" too?

I think we all get it; not wanting to get shot in school is "socialism", valuing human lives over profit margins or confederate statues is "socialism", caring about the environment is "socialism", not seeing billionaires as man-angel hybrids is "socialism", getting vaccinated is "socialism", and having the toilet paper over the roll instead of under is definitely "socialism"...

But are there other words they can use for things they don't like?

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Can politicians and pundits at least get a thesaurus or is wanting that going to be "socialism" too? (Original Post) ck4829 Mar 2019 OP
Republicans call everything they don't like 'socialism' JHB Mar 2019 #1
Or maybe some "Democrats" could stop calling themselves socialists? manor321 Mar 2019 #2
So... wanting that thesaurus *is* going to be socialism? ck4829 Mar 2019 #3
Bingo! Of course Bernie is excused since riverine Mar 2019 #5
Warren Beatty on this subject in 1998...say that dirty word... ms liberty Mar 2019 #4

JHB

(37,133 posts)
1. Republicans call everything they don't like 'socialism'
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 11:27 AM
Mar 2019

Repeat that the way they've repeated "liberal media bias" for decades.

Don't dance around it, don't squabble over definitions, don't expect them to do better out of decency.

Punch straight at the talking point. Repeat it so often that whenever a Republican says it the mental image they evoke is a horse lifting its tail and the horsedump dropping out.

 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
2. Or maybe some "Democrats" could stop calling themselves socialists?
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 11:30 AM
Mar 2019

That would help, since Democrats aren't socialists.

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