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{{DES | des = Libertarian and conservative think-tanks have labored mightily to make propaganda terms such as [[Libertarian (propaganda sense)|libertarian]] and [[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]], starting with the word [[Libertarian (propaganda sense)|libertarian]] itself (which everywhere else still means "anarchist".) Frames, [[phatic expression]], [[shibboleth]], terms of art: very simply, they have a coded meaning for libertarians that is not standard English. | show=}}
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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.
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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."
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Also known as "Libertarian American Vernacular English" or more simply: Libonics.  ([https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughLibertarianSpam/comments/jepr71/anything_i_dont_like_violates_the_nap/g9fxgqe/ Thanks, sotonohito!])  Sometimes also called "libspeak".  In essence, it makes it impossible to truly communicate with the true believers.
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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.
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