- Jul 11, 2001
- 37,841
- 8,306
- 136
OK, I'm not trying to start any fights, face off one faction against another, no confrontation wanted here.
I'm talking about the words L vs C. OK?
I grew up in the 50's and 60's in CA. Mostly in L.A., some in Berkeley, a haven of liberals if not radicals, and that's where I live now. "Conservative" meant you were constipated if not arthritic. "Don't trust anyone over 30" was a catch phrase of "the revolution".
So, I continue to wonder how they ever in any way anywhere gave liberal a bad connotation and how they gave conservative anything other than a bad connotation. And yes, I think a reasoned treatment of this has to have a semantic component. At the same time my mind is boggled by how they made "politically correct" something to disparage. What in God's name is wrong with "correct"? Is that not in the same camp as the oxymorons in George Orwell's 1984? War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, etc.? Please discuss these things without resorting to personal attacks.
Moved to P&N.
admin allisolm
I'm talking about the words L vs C. OK?
I grew up in the 50's and 60's in CA. Mostly in L.A., some in Berkeley, a haven of liberals if not radicals, and that's where I live now. "Conservative" meant you were constipated if not arthritic. "Don't trust anyone over 30" was a catch phrase of "the revolution".
So, I continue to wonder how they ever in any way anywhere gave liberal a bad connotation and how they gave conservative anything other than a bad connotation. And yes, I think a reasoned treatment of this has to have a semantic component. At the same time my mind is boggled by how they made "politically correct" something to disparage. What in God's name is wrong with "correct"? Is that not in the same camp as the oxymorons in George Orwell's 1984? War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, etc.? Please discuss these things without resorting to personal attacks.
Moved to P&N.
admin allisolm
Last edited by a moderator: