| | :::::[EC] This is why labels—clarifying political designations—are important, because utilizing them properly enables defeating leftists with their own tools. They construct certain pejoratives such as "reactionary" with such astounding vagueness, leaving a loophole that allows the terminology to be thrown right back at them. And ''that's'' how you defeat the left: using their own weapons against them. So if they accuse of you propagating "white nationalist Great Replacement propaganda," tell them that the people who invented the hoax were leftists. If they say that opposing abortion disproportionately impacts minorities, just respond, "oh, so you want more black babies to be killed? How racist of ''you''!" If they call you a Nazi, say, "oh, so you're saying I'm a socialist like yourself?" Compare them to the very collectives they attempt to associate you with. The right followed this tactic during the Tea Party era by comparing gun control, abortion, homosexuality, etc. to Nazis, and the left was given some headaches. Unfortunately, this was abandoned once politics shifted to the radical populism of Trumpism, and the right abandoned conservatism for socialism, giving heed to collectivist propaganda and gradually associating with left-wing (old school) white nationalist canards. | | :::::[EC] This is why labels—clarifying political designations—are important, because utilizing them properly enables defeating leftists with their own tools. They construct certain pejoratives such as "reactionary" with such astounding vagueness, leaving a loophole that allows the terminology to be thrown right back at them. And ''that's'' how you defeat the left: using their own weapons against them. So if they accuse of you propagating "white nationalist Great Replacement propaganda," tell them that the people who invented the hoax were leftists. If they say that opposing abortion disproportionately impacts minorities, just respond, "oh, so you want more black babies to be killed? How racist of ''you''!" If they call you a Nazi, say, "oh, so you're saying I'm a socialist like yourself?" Compare them to the very collectives they attempt to associate you with. The right followed this tactic during the Tea Party era by comparing gun control, abortion, homosexuality, etc. to Nazis, and the left was given some headaches. Unfortunately, this was abandoned once politics shifted to the radical populism of Trumpism, and the right abandoned conservatism for socialism, giving heed to collectivist propaganda and gradually associating with left-wing (old school) white nationalist canards. |
| | :::::Also, labels are highly beneficial as long as you adequately comprehend their connotation, historical context, common usages, etc., because if you use a dozen jargon terms in a single sentence, it demonstrates well-versed knowledge. For example, if I were running for office as an old-school Republican to dethrone an incumbent "right-wing" populist, I'd call myself a "Stalwart" and castigate them as socialistic big-government nanny-state progressives. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Matthew 26:52)</sup>]]''''' Monday, 17:25, May 1, 2023 (EDT) | | :::::Also, labels are highly beneficial as long as you adequately comprehend their connotation, historical context, common usages, etc., because if you use a dozen jargon terms in a single sentence, it demonstrates well-versed knowledge. For example, if I were running for office as an old-school Republican to dethrone an incumbent "right-wing" populist, I'd call myself a "Stalwart" and castigate them as socialistic big-government nanny-state progressives. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Matthew 26:52)</sup>]]''''' Monday, 17:25, May 1, 2023 (EDT) |