Conservative Language of Choice

In addition to avoiding poor language, we conservatives must continue to do a good job at using accurate, appealing language of our choice in debate, instead of allowing our opponents to define our terms. For example, conservatives have been saying “free market” instead of “capitalism,” “right to life” instead of “anti-choice,” “right to work” instead of “anti-union” and “school choice” instead of “anti-public education.” Liberals do the same thing effectively to describe their own terms (e.g. “pro-choice,” “pro-labor,” and “pro-public education”). These are examples of rhetoric, which is persuasive speech.

Calling Obama’s so-called economic “stimulus” plan the “porkulus” plan because of all the pork-barrel spending therein is a clever example of coining a word in order to make a rhetorical point.

Now, we just need to come up with a better term to describe the “Fairness Doctrine,” or opposition to it. Perhaps you could think of one. Please feel free to post a comment with your suggestions, thank you.