Conservative Dictionary Project (M)

Marriage

True conservative meaning - A union between one man and one woman under God.

False liberal redefinition - A legally-binding domestic relationship between consenting adults.

Man

True conservative meaning - Woman's companion, created to be a help meet for women.

False liberal redefinition - The equal to woman.

McCarthyism

Date: 1950

True conservative meaning - going after communists

False liberal redefinition - to harass/intimidate people and accuse them of treason without good evidence, merely for holding leftist views

meritocracy

Conservative word

Date: 1958

True conservative meaning - A system where a person's place in life is decided by merit and talent See Conservapedia

Minutemen (historic)

True conservative meaning - A group of elite American fighters during the revolutionary war. Possibly the first commandos.

Minutemen (present)

True conservative meaning - A group of volunteers who valiantly defend our country and its values from Mexican influence by stopping illegals from crossing the border.

False liberal redefinition - Crazy, violent vigilantes.

moving the goalposts

Date: late 1980s

True conservative meaning - accusation evolutionist use to avoid answering questions

False liberal redefinition - a fallacy where agreed upon conditions for determining an argument are arbitrarily changed after the conditions have been met

mobocracy

Conservative word

Date: 1754

True conservative meaning - rule by mob (see Wikipedia)

False liberal redefinition - a democratic, co-operative, participatory and anti-hierarchical system

moral majority

Conservative word

Date: 1979

True conservative meaning - a Christian conservative movement

False liberal redefinition - a far-right, religious fanatic organization that wishes to establish a theocracy in the United States