Issuepedia:Reclaiming words

Overview

One of Issuepedia's goals is to reclaim a number of words which have been effectively re-defined by abusive opponents to be little better than epithets or code-words used to drive popular opinion by avoiding any real understanding of what is being discussed. Abusive word re-definition impoverishes the English language and, as George Orwell so eloquently showed in 1984, is itself a manipulative tool for controlling and restricting the way people discuss and resolve problems.

Words

For now, this is just a list of words off the top of my head; some explanation of how those words have been distorted will be forthcoming ASAP. --Woozle 18:27, 30 March 2007 (EDT)

• moral, right, wrong, decent
• honor (maybe)
• liberal (US)
• conservative (US)
• family values