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Talk:Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
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: In modern times, most "isms" are pejorative in origin. Some can be flipped over time to favorable usage.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:30, 15 January 2010 (EST)
: In modern times, most "isms" are pejorative in origin. Some can be flipped over time to favorable usage.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:30, 15 January 2010 (EST)
As for baptism, the best evidence I can find of this is from the Catholic Encyclopedia, “The word Baptism is derived from the Greek word, bapto, or baptizo, to wash or to immerse. It signifies, therefore, that washing is of the essential idea of the sacrament.” Perhaps supports my idea but admittedly not at all conclusive. As for some of these other isms, I was not able to find the particular circumstances regarding whether or not they were developed with a positive or negative connotation, but it really shouldn’t matter how the word was used a hundred years ago, but how the conservative movement today uses these words to promote its ideas. If “some can be flipped over time to favorable usage,” then these words should certainly be included on this list. Words are reclaimed all the time. Case in point, the term “Jesus freak” was at one time a pejorative, but many young Christians embraced the term. Furthermore, Mr. Schafly, I’d be very curious to see any evidence that most “isms” are pejorative. It seems a little arbitrary to give such a blanket statement for all isms without some hard evidence, especially when the word conservatism is used throughout the intro paragraphs of the article.
== John Bunyan ==
== John Bunyan ==