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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:01 PM Jun 2014

Thread to call things by their true names

Last edited Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:46 PM - Edit history (1)

We use a lot of euphemisms in political and social discussion in this country. This thread is dedicated to ending that, by calling things what they truly SHOULD be called.

examples:

"Neoconservatism" should be called "Neomilitarism".

"Free Trade" should be called "Market Colonialism".

"The Department of Defense" should ONCE AGAIN be called "The Department of War".

"Pro-business economics" should be called "Submission to Extortion".

"Privatization" should be called "Graft".

"The Immigration Act of 1924" should be called "The Jewish Exclusion Act" or "The Holocaust Enabling Act".

add your entries to this list below.

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Thread to call things by their true names (Original Post) Ken Burch Jun 2014 OP
Pro Life should be Anti Woman JEB Jun 2014 #1
i call them forced birthers fizzgig Jun 2014 #16
Death penalty should be Government Murder JEB Jun 2014 #2
Free Trade Agreements should be World Wide Fascism JEB Jun 2014 #3
Patriot Act should be Death of America Act JEB Jun 2014 #4
Running for office should read Auction JEB Jun 2014 #5
Excellent. All your responses are excellent. woo me with science Jun 2014 #21
Brandishing Loaded Weapons in Public The Roux Comes First Jun 2014 #6
Neoliberal The Roux Comes First Jun 2014 #7
The Department of Defense was actually called the Department of War, Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #8
I thought I pointed that out in the OP. Thanks for the additional info. Ken Burch Jun 2014 #10
Yes, you did point that out Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #11
My God-that explains the Burr-Hamilton "duel" Ken Burch Jun 2014 #13
The Immigration Act of 1924 Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #9
to some degree, yes. Ken Burch Jun 2014 #12
The 1924 act had a huge negative impact in Japan Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #14
Conservatism should be called sociopathy - n/t lapfog_1 Jun 2014 #15
Safety Nets should be called A Rope Kennah Jun 2014 #17
One for DU. Rod Beauvex Jun 2014 #18
I call all of them malaise Jun 2014 #27
Corporate Democrats and Republicans are ushering in fascism. nt woo me with science Jun 2014 #19
Absolutely! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #29
du rec. xchrom Jun 2014 #20
"American Revolution" should be called "War for American Colonial Independence" or something of the raccoon Jun 2014 #22
Capitalism should be calling "exploiting everyone and calling it freedom" Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #23
Minimalist government should be called "America Can't Do Anything". randome Jun 2014 #24
Fiduciary repsonibility should be called the Get out of jail free card. raouldukelives Jun 2014 #25
Neo-Liberal should be called "a Liberal who Talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk" Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #26
GOP >>> "Party for Hatred!" RKP5637 Jun 2014 #28
"Terrorist" = people in our way [n/t] Maedhros Jun 2014 #30
Collateral damage = dead civilians. nilesobek Jun 2014 #31

The Roux Comes First

(1,299 posts)
6. Brandishing Loaded Weapons in Public
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:16 PM
Jun 2014

never mind discharging them, let alone using them to commit murder

is terrorism, plain and simple

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
10. I thought I pointed that out in the OP. Thanks for the additional info.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:41 PM
Jun 2014

BTW, who's the guy with the stylin' 'do on that stamp? Looks like Ike with a perm.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
11. Yes, you did point that out
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:54 PM
Jun 2014

I guess I skipped over the "once again" part.

Anyway, the guy on the 30-cent War Department stamp is, if you can believe it, Alexander Hamilton.

http://www.1847usa.com/Officials-War.htm

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
13. My God-that explains the Burr-Hamilton "duel"
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 12:02 AM
Jun 2014

Burr shot Hamilton for using up the last can of spray mousse!

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
12. to some degree, yes.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:58 PM
Jun 2014

The real point, though, was to keep the U.S. a "Northern European Protestant" nation-and the arrival of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe(and, to a far lesser degree, Southern European Catholics, especially Italians) was seen, by the "nativists" of the 1920's, as the greatest challenge to that form of American "national identity". had the Act not been passed, most of the Jewish population of Europe would likely have immigrated to our country(making Hitler's insane project impossible), and we'd have been a far better nation for it. To some degree(not all, but some)post-World War II U.S. support for Zionism was driven by vestiges of the 1920's obsession with keeping the Jewish population of the U.S. as small as possible.

As we approach the centennial of the passage of the Act, we need to remind this country that the blood of Hitler's victims, to a very large degree, is on the hands of the U.S. Congress.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
14. The 1924 act had a huge negative impact in Japan
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 12:07 AM
Jun 2014

with at least one influential Japanese newspaper calling it "The Senate’s Declaration of War" on Japan:

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5077/

Kennah

(14,265 posts)
17. Safety Nets should be called A Rope
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:16 AM
Jun 2014

A net catches something that's falling. When you're falling, if you happen to hit the rope, and happen to be strong enough to grab hold and hang 'on, then you're good.

Rod Beauvex

(564 posts)
18. One for DU.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 04:00 AM
Jun 2014

Tea Party Republicans should be called Republicans.

Calling them the Tea Party just legitimizes them and deflects blame from the real enemy.

raccoon

(31,110 posts)
22. "American Revolution" should be called "War for American Colonial Independence" or something of the
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:11 AM
Jun 2014

sort.

It was not a revolution in the sense of changing the social structure.

Afterwards, instead of rich white British men being at the top of the food chain, rich white American men were.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
24. Minimalist government should be called "America Can't Do Anything".
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:28 AM
Jun 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A 90% chance of rain means the same as a 10% chance:
It might rain and it might not.
[/center][/font][hr]

nilesobek

(1,423 posts)
31. Collateral damage = dead civilians.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:19 PM
Jun 2014

Precision guided munitions = stone age bombing campaign. Moderate pressure = torture.
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