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| − | '''Oxymoron''' is a figure of speech in which two terms which are polar opposites are used together for [[rhetorical]] effect, or criticized because they are self-contradictory as in "[[pro-life]] [[Democrat]]." In the past, rhetoric and elocution were standard school subjects and students were taught long lists of technical names of figures of speech and their meaning. ''Oxymoron'' was one of these, along with ''[[simile]]'', ''[[metaphor]]'', ''[[metonymy]]'', etc. True oxymoron is relatively rare; one well-known example occurs in [[Tennyson]]'s ''Idylls of the King:'' | + | '''Oxymoron''' is a figure of speech in which two terms which are polar opposites are used together for [[rhetorical]] effect, or criticized because they are self-contradictory as in "[[pro-life]] [[Democrat]]." Political oxymorons include: |
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| | + | * ''[[liberal logic]]'' |
| | + | * ''government service'' |
| | + | * ''Harvard Divinity School'' |
| | + | * ''gay charity'' (the homosexual ideology is entirely selfish) |
| | + | * ''evolutionary science''<ref>The theory of evolution is [[pseudoscience]] [http://www.uncommondescent.com/darwinism/there-is-no-theory-of-evolution/][http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/PoE/pe05scnc.html][http://www.parentcompany.com/science_kit/sk3b.htm]</ref> |
| | + | * ''liberal Christian''<ref>[[Liberal values]] are in direct contradiction to the teachings of [[Christianity]] ([[Abortion]], [[Homosexuality]] etc).</ref> |
| | + | * ''government intelligence - often used by liberals to smear the Armed Forces |
| | + | * ''[[conservative]] professor'' - the process of obtaining a PhD and professorship is so politicized that [[liberals]] simply exclude conservatives |
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| | + | In the past, rhetoric and elocution were standard school subjects and students were taught long lists of technical names of figures of speech and their meaning. ''Oxymoron'' was one of these, along with ''[[simile]]'', ''[[metaphor]]'', ''[[metonymy]]'', etc. True oxymoron is relatively rare; one well-known example occurs in [[Tennyson]]'s ''Idylls of the King:'' |
| | :And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.<ref>[http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/T/TennysonAlfred/verse/idyllsking/lancelotelaine.html Lancelot and Elaine], Tennyson, ''Idylls of the King''</ref> | | :And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.<ref>[http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/T/TennysonAlfred/verse/idyllsking/lancelotelaine.html Lancelot and Elaine], Tennyson, ''Idylls of the King''</ref> |
| | Another occurs in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', when Juliet tells Romeo | | Another occurs in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', when Juliet tells Romeo |
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| | * ''expect the unexpected'' | | * ''expect the unexpected'' |
| | * ''classic rock'' | | * ''classic rock'' |
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| − | * ''Harvard Divinity School''
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| − | * ''pro-life Democrat''
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| − | * ''evolutionary science''<ref>The theory of evolution is [[pseudoscience]] [http://www.uncommondescent.com/darwinism/there-is-no-theory-of-evolution/][http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/PoE/pe05scnc.html][http://www.parentcompany.com/science_kit/sk3b.htm]</ref>
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| − | * ''liberal Christian''<ref>[[Liberal values]] are in direct contradiction to the teachings of [[Christianity]] ([[Abortion]], [[Homosexuality]] etc).</ref>
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| − | *"Military intelligence" - often used by liberals to smear the Armed Forces
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| − | *[[conservative]] professor - the process of obtaining a PhD and professorship is so politicized that [[liberals]] simply exclude conservatives
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