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Aristotle's Liberal Code Phrases
Liberal politicians and media figures often put forth the claim that certain words, when used by conservatives, "really" mean something else, and must be translated for the general public to understand.Well, liberals have their own code phrases too. When you see or hear one of the following phrases from a liberal, you can simply substitute the real meaning, and then you can understand what they're talking about.
| When they say | They mean |
| activist | shiftless rabble-rouser |
| advocate (noun) | politically ambitious rabble-rouser |
| affirmative action | exclusion of straight white males and/or straight Asian males |
| alternative lifestyle | aberrant lifestyle |
| balance | 1.overt liberal
vs. covert liberal 2.three or more liberals vs. one conservative who is never allowed to speak a complete sentence 3.one or more liberals vs. brain-damaged, paranoid, and inarticulate excuse for human being postured as a conservative |
| Bible thumper | Christian |
| big business | firm that does not donate to leftist causes |
| compassion | tax increases |
| compromise with | cave in to |
| conservative bias | objectivity |
| disadvantaged | unproductive |
| draconian cut | one percent reduction in spending |
| extremism | consistency |
| gay rights | gay dominance |
| give to | take less from |
| hate speech | unvarnished truth |
| homeless person | derelict |
| homophobe | heterosexual |
| invest in | give unearned money to |
| Jesus freak | Christian |
| mean-spirited | practical |
| minority rights | minority dominance |
| moderate (noun) | a liberal trying to pretend he's not a liberal |
| Nazi | conservative |
| oppress | ignore |
| racist | not overtly Afrocentrist |
| religious right | neither atheist nor liberal |
| religious tolerance | only biased against traditional Christianity |
| rich | 1.productive 2.employed in private sector 3.trailer paid off |
| right wing | non-liberal |
| sexist | not overtly feminist |
| slashed spending | spending neither increased nor decreased |
| spending cut | a smaller increase than what we wanted |
| take from | give less to |
| unfair towards | not rigged in favor of |
| war on the poor | tax cuts |
| warmonger | patriot |
| windfall | earned, as in "windfall profits" |
| women's rights | feminists' dominance |
