Difference between revisions of "Libertarian Propaganda Terms"
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− | {{DES | des = Libertarian and conservative think-tanks have labored mightily to make propaganda terms such as [[Free Market|free market]] part of the thinking of ordinary people. Most libertarians have no idea how they are manipulated by this language and how it creates their [[ideology]]. | + | {{DES | des = Libertarian and conservative think-tanks have labored mightily to make propaganda terms such as [[Free Market|free market]] part of the thinking of ordinary people. Most libertarians have no idea how they are manipulated by this perversion of language and how it creates their [[ideology]]. Frames, [[phatic expression]], [[shibboleth]], terms of art: very simply, they have a coded meaning for libertarians that is not standard English. | show=}} |
Libertarians have continued anti-communist and cold-war propaganda traditions and added their own terminology and [[newspeak]]. They have de-emphasized ideas promoting religion, and emphasized ideas about capitalism. | Libertarians have continued anti-communist and cold-war propaganda traditions and added their own terminology and [[newspeak]]. They have de-emphasized ideas promoting religion, and emphasized ideas about capitalism. | ||
With decades of promotion, some of these terms have come into common usage or have been commonly associated with the libertarian propaganda meanings. These are commonly used in [[Framing]]. | With decades of promotion, some of these terms have come into common usage or have been commonly associated with the libertarian propaganda meanings. These are commonly used in [[Framing]]. | ||
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+ | "Coercion" and "initiation of physical aggression" are the most common. Basically, they boil down to this: "Rights are force we like. Coercion is force we don't like." | ||
A fun way to learn about this propaganda is to play {{Link|LINGO: Libertarian propaganda term BINGO.}} It doesn't have as many terms as this page, but it is a good start. | A fun way to learn about this propaganda is to play {{Link|LINGO: Libertarian propaganda term BINGO.}} It doesn't have as many terms as this page, but it is a good start. |