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Talk:Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
Revision as of 18:13, February 27, 2010
, 18:13, February 27, 2010→How are these words conservative?: if I did a search on Supreme Court opinions and found that conservative Justices used those two words more often than liberal Justices do, then you would you co
:But... sorry, I may be a bit slow and English is not my mother tongue, but I don't get it. I understand how word expressing conservative values ("free market", "missile defense") are in the list; also, words used by everyone but coined by influent conservatives are in the list. But how are words like "myopic", "biased", "demagogue" or "incoherent" conservative words? They are generic words. Sure, they are used by conservatives to describe liberals, or liberal policies, but they are also used by liberals to describe conservatives, or conservative policies. I mean, if tomorrow John McCain says that Obama is an awful president, "awful" does not magically become a conservative word overnight. What I am saying is that only words used EXCLUSIVELY, or MOSTLY by conservatives to criticize liberals should be in the list; "anti-Christian" and "leftist" are fine examples. But words that can, and are, used both ways, like "myopic" or "incoherent" should be ignored in my opinion. --[[User:Maquissar|Maquissar]] 10:41, 27 February 2010 (EST)
:But... sorry, I may be a bit slow and English is not my mother tongue, but I don't get it. I understand how word expressing conservative values ("free market", "missile defense") are in the list; also, words used by everyone but coined by influent conservatives are in the list. But how are words like "myopic", "biased", "demagogue" or "incoherent" conservative words? They are generic words. Sure, they are used by conservatives to describe liberals, or liberal policies, but they are also used by liberals to describe conservatives, or conservative policies. I mean, if tomorrow John McCain says that Obama is an awful president, "awful" does not magically become a conservative word overnight. What I am saying is that only words used EXCLUSIVELY, or MOSTLY by conservatives to criticize liberals should be in the list; "anti-Christian" and "leftist" are fine examples. But words that can, and are, used both ways, like "myopic" or "incoherent" should be ignored in my opinion. --[[User:Maquissar|Maquissar]] 10:41, 27 February 2010 (EST)
::You've agreed that some words belong on the list, but quibbled about ... less than 1 or 2% of them. No one would expect unanimous agreement about the listing of every single example. But as to the examples you've disputed, if I did a search on Supreme Court opinions and found that conservative Justices used those words more often than liberal Justices do, then you would you concede that they belong on the list?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 13:13, 27 February 2010 (EST)
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