We've talked about this previously. The left, with a huge assist from the democrat media machine, uses the language to further their agenda to much greater effect than does the right.
They might call it the evolution of words, but manipulation is probably a more apt description. Michael Walsh touches on that in an article how they do it in the immigration debate titled The Right of No Refusal. He starts out with this:
The cultural-Marxist Left’s war on Western civilization and American society is conducted on many fronts, including the courts and the streets, but also on a daily basis in the arena of public opinion, via the language. One prominent example has been their transformation of the two human sexes, male and female, first into “genders” (a term drawn from English grammar, and of which there are three, including neuter) and then into multiple genders. This of course demands a new set of pronouns which promptly are given “identity” characteristics, the better to tribalize and thus weaponize these hitherto unknown species of human beings.
He finishes with this:
Were the terms “immigration” and “asylum” not so thoroughly corrupted, therefore, we might be having a more reasonable discussion of the problem. But for the racially obsessed Left, “migrants” now mean brown and black people, while “asylum” means the right of free and unfettered entry into the First World, with no end either in sight or even contemplated. If these continue to be the meanings of the terms, we are in for the most profound period of social and national disruption since the fall of Rome.
As someone once said, if you have open borders then you are welcoming in your next rulers. Meanwhile, by manipulating the language, they give themselves a good head start against conservatives in the minds of many.
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1:13 PM 4/5/2018
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