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| | <!--[[Image:Tax-spend.jpg|thumb|480px|The "tax-and-spend" slogan stuck to [[Harry Hopkins]] like a well-fitted suit.]]--> | | <!--[[Image:Tax-spend.jpg|thumb|480px|The "tax-and-spend" slogan stuck to [[Harry Hopkins]] like a well-fitted suit.]]--> |
| − | [[File:Conservative words.jpg|thumb|480px|The growth in conservative words on an annual basis (red), compared with an exponential growth rate (Courtesy [[User:Jcw]])]]Each year the [[English language]] develops about a thousand new words. The [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] contains only about 8,000 different words;<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8013859.stm</ref> many good words have since developed. | + | [[File:Conservative words.jpg|thumb|480px|The growth in conservative words on an annual basis (red), compared with a geometric growth rate (Courtesy [[User:Jcw]])]]Each year the [[English language]] develops about a thousand new words. The [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] contains only about 8,000 different words;<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8013859.stm</ref> many good words have since developed. |
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| | [[Conservative]] terms, expressing [[conservative insights]], originate at a faster rate, and with much higher quality, than [[liberal]] terms. Conservative triumph over liberalism is thus inevitable. | | [[Conservative]] terms, expressing [[conservative insights]], originate at a faster rate, and with much higher quality, than [[liberal]] terms. Conservative triumph over liberalism is thus inevitable. |
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| | |class warfare | | |class warfare |
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| − | |[[liberal]] proposals to attack small businessmen and other job creators under the basis that they are more successful | + | |this concept was initially coined by [[Karl Marx]] in ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]'', but it has become so discredited that it is now used mostly by conservatives to point out liberal demagoguery |
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| | |closed shop | | |closed shop |
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| | |the view of life that physical matter is all that exists; as an "ism", the term criticizes such view | | |the view of life that physical matter is all that exists; as an "ism", the term criticizes such view |
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| − | |a heroic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to keep the United States free from Communist influence.
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| | |meat and potatoes | | |meat and potatoes |
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| | |[[Parthian shot]] | | |[[Parthian shot]] |
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| − | |a negative term for the tactic of expressing a criticism while one exits, just as the ancient Parthians would shoot arrows while retreating in battle. This tactic is common among those who reject [[conservative]] truths, as seen often on ''Conservapedia''. | + | |a negative term for the tactic of expressing a criticism while one exits, just as the ancient Parthians would shoot arrows while retreating in battle. This tactic is common among those who reject [[conservative]] truths, as seen when left-leaning editors leave ''Conservapedia''. |
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| | |[[patent troll]] | | |[[patent troll]] |
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| − | |selfishness
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| − | |concern with one's own interests <ref>Rand, Ayn. ''The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism''</ref>
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| | |separation of powers | | |separation of powers |