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HEALTHYLIFESTYLE Knowing the Constitution Manipulating Language By Douglas V. Gibbs The concept of language manipulation is nothing new. Five times in the
Federalist Papers James Madison wrote about the definition of a republic. The Constitution had two foes; the anti-federalists who feared the creation of a cen- tral government, and the nationalists who felt the creation of the federal govern- ment did not go far enough. In an attempt to sabotage the new Constitution, the big government nationalists argued, to convince the public at large, that there is no difference between a republic and a democracy. President Andrew Jackson, during the 1830s, convinced a large portion of the voting public that America is a democracy or at least that we should be, and
under his drive for a more democratic system, Thomas Jefferson's party, the Democratic-Republicans, abandoned the republican standards it had been known for and changed its name to the Democratic Party. Even Karl Marx recognized the usefulness of democracy to tyranny. He said,
"Democracy is the road to socialism." The Federalist Party, the party of John Adams and Alexander Hamilton,
sought to manipulate language from the very beginning. Federalism was a con- cept that emerged from the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The Federalists, however, were nationalists. To hide their big government tendencies they chose to be called Federalists to make it sound like they embraced the Consti- tution. In reality, their goal was to sub- vert the Constitution through concepts like implied law and judicial review. The term liberal has also been
manipulated by big government sta- tists. During the Progressive Era (late 1800s to early 1900s) the term "pro- gressive" was losing steam as the policies of the statists were widely viewed as failures. The classical lib- erals were strict constitutionalists, and were seen in a more favorable light. The limited-government principles of the classical liberals were successful and popular with the voters. The pro- gressives hijacked the word “liberal” for themselves, at the time. Today, lib- erals are working the word "progres- sive" back into the lexicon, since they have soiled the term "liberal" and no- body remembers the failings of the original progressives. Now, language is experiencing
constant change. People are easily offended and we are haunted by the specter of political correctness. Gov- ernment has decided it is their job to define language as they please, re- defining rights, liberty, and the rule of law, while labeling any opposition as seditious and potential domestic ter- rorists. The voting public is convinced that those who stand for liberty are the enemy. As a result, uninformed Amer- icans are prepared to raise the red flag of tyranny willingly and enthusiasti- cally themselves, while sacrificing those who in truth are all that stands between them and bondage. Famed science fiction writer
Philip K. Dick said: “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the ma- nipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.”
George Orwell said, "In a time
of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
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