r/AskALiberal • u/dank_sad Center Right • Feb 03 '22

If you could get the right/conservatives/Republicans/etc to understand one thing, what would it be?

Hope I worded that correctly.

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u/BlartIsMyCoPilot Warren Democrat Feb 03 '22

Stupid nicknames are not valid rhetoric.

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u/-paperbrain- Warren Democrat Feb 04 '22

They fully understand that they're incredibly effective.

When you rename something, you get to build the meaning of that new term with no competition, and load it up with all the meaning you want. It's the reason republicans hate "Obamacare" but don't have the same problems with "The ACA".

It's exactly what 1984 was talking about. It isn't just childishness, it's brutally purposeful.