10 Phrases Progressives Need To Ditch (And What We Can Say Instead) [View all]

I am sure this has been posted - I know this issue has been talked about here - but there are a couple in here of new import to me. I especially like "undocumented resident" instead of "illegal,"alien", et al.,

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/02/24/10-phrases-progressives-need-to-ditch/

1). Big Business: Instead, try: Unelected Government.

(2). Entitlements: Instead, try: Earned Benefits.

(4). Government Spending: Instead, try: Investing in America.
(5). Gun Control: Gun Safety.

(6). Illegal Aliens Instead, try: Undocumented Residents.

(9). The Environment: Instead, try: Shared Resources.
(10). Welfare: . Instead, try: Social Safety Net

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10 Phrases Progressives Need To Ditch (And What We Can Say Instead) [View all]	ashling	Feb 2013	OP
Once and for all-	KaryninMiami	Feb 2013	#1
I really think forced-birthing is a much more accurate description	Major Nikon	Feb 2013	#3
Every sperm is sacred	BlueStreak	Feb 2013	#7
You're on the right track but...	Jasana	Feb 2013	#16
Right	texshelters	Feb 2013	#37
I don't think "environment" has any baggage. Proud to use that one	BlueStreak	Feb 2013	#6
And I have major problems with "shared resources"	starroute	Feb 2013	#10
How about	2naSalit	Feb 2013	#13
I just don't see any reason to not say "environment"	BlueStreak	Feb 2013	#21
Some people in occupy call it	texshelters	Feb 2013	#38
How about Pro-violence party?	ErikJ	Feb 2013	#8
I'm taking to calling them the Cruelty Party.	backscatter712	Feb 2013	#42
Anti legal-choice is more accurate	SoCalDem	Feb 2013	#24
How about...	Blanks	Feb 2013	#28
Yes!	mountain grammy	Feb 2013	#39
Some of this just plays into the RW agenda	Major Nikon	Feb 2013	#2
Right to work = Anti union wages & benefits	SoCalDem	Feb 2013	#25
Another frame for unionization: Democracy for the Workplace.	backscatter712	Feb 2013	#43
Agree	get the red out	Feb 2013	#26
Agree completely (n/t)	MadrasT	Feb 2013	#48
Saying 'illegal aliens' is very non-progressive	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#4
Very true. It legitimizes the concept of "illegal people"	backscatter712	Feb 2013	#44
Newt Gingrich's "Language: A Key Mechanism of Control" (1990)	johnnyreb	Feb 2013	#5
"Can we stop saying pro-life?"	JayhawkSD	Feb 2013	#9
Here's another	NastyRiffraff	Feb 2013	#35
George Carlin, perhaps?	backscatter712	Feb 2013	#50
3. Wage slave economy	Kalidurga	Feb 2013	#11
It's Pro Slavery	Jasana	Feb 2013	#17
Our position isn't left or center left.	The Wizard	Feb 2013	#12
Excellent! The right-wing is the extremist wing. n/t	backscatter712	Feb 2013	#47
Shared resources isn't a good alternative for "the environment."	pnwmom	Feb 2013	#14
Agree.	wickerwoman	Feb 2013	#15
Several of these strike me as deliberate attempts to obfuscate, in some cases dangerously so.	Donald Ian Rankin	Feb 2013	#18
Gun safety has to be about controlling guns, it is essential to it. It is a fantasy to think we can	CTyankee	Feb 2013	#20
I think some of these terms are partly accurate.	hughee99	Feb 2013	#30
I absolutely object to the term "illegal alien" or worse, calling them "illegals".	backscatter712	Feb 2013	#49
I think there's a scale from "illegal immigrant" to "illegal alien" to "illegal".	Donald Ian Rankin	Feb 2013	#53
Aw, shoot -- I was hoping "speak truth to power" was on here somewhere.	Brickbat	Feb 2013	#19
"unelected government" to refer to big bidness...	yonder	Feb 2013	#22
Entitlements:	rrneck	Feb 2013	#23
That's good. eom	Blanks	Feb 2013	#29
I think earned-benefits is the best frame.	backscatter712	Feb 2013	#45
I think we earn profit.	rrneck	Feb 2013	#52
Gun Regulation	KamaAina	Feb 2013	#27
Not surprising	Liberalagogo	Feb 2013	#31
i prefer late comers for illegals. we just got here earlier. unless you are native americans	pansypoo53219	Feb 2013	#32
Though there is disagreement about the terms to use, this is a very important idea.	Squinch	Feb 2013	#33
Instead of Republican: Be more apropos, "use shit eating crazed scum bag.." but only	Katashi_itto	Feb 2013	#34
Well said	texshelters	Feb 2013	#36
Reponsibility	rickyhall	Feb 2013	#40
Entitlements ARE "earned benefits"	duffyduff	Feb 2013	#41
K&R! Framing is very important!	backscatter712	Feb 2013	#46
Thanks ashling! n/t	Cha	Feb 2013	#51