“They that control the language control the debate.”
----The
Quotations of Chairman Joe
Congressman Jamie Raskin took to the House floor late last week
and chastised the ReSCUMlickan Party for its misuse of the language. At least since Eisenhower (I have seen
Eisenhower us the term) ReSCUMlickans have been using the term ‘democrat’ as a
pejorative, much as they have transformed the terms ‘liberal’ and ‘progressive’. This has become very pronounced in the last
30 or so years with the emphasis increasingly put upon the last three letters
of the term, emphasizing ‘rat’. The ReSCUMlickans
have become oh so adept at projection.
It is for these reasons that I, for one, have abandoned civility
and commonly refer to our increasingly fascist adversaries as ReSCUMlickan. As an old friend once reminded me, no one holds
a candle to me when it comes to vitriol.
Anyway, Raskin went to the floor to challenge the ubiquitous
use of the term reminding them that they have more than once been called out to
correct their language, again pointing out that ‘democrat’ is a noun, but in referring
to a colleague in the House or Senate the noun becomes an adjective and therefore
the correct word is ‘Democratic’, not democrat.
One may be a congressional Democrat, but referring to a colleague one
call him or her a ‘Democratic’ representative.
Raskin, exasperated by the incivility suggested on the House floor that
perhaps this is a self-imposed speech impediment. I suspect a more sinister design. In any case
he retorted that perhaps those on his side of the isle should refer to his
Republican colleagues as ‘Banana Republican” and their policy proposals and “Banana
Republican”. “But we wouldn’t do that”,
he insisted. Why not? This is why the Democrats keep losing. The fuckers have it coming to them, for he
that controls the language controls the terms of the debate.
Raskin ended his speech reminding that FDR didn’t refer to
the “Democrat Party” or, even necessarily the “Democratic Party”, but instead
dusted off an old 19th century party label, namely: “The Democracy”.
Kudos to Congressman Raskin.
This engagement is long overdue.
One doesn’t bring a banana to a knife fight and we are currently engaged
in a struggle for the survival of this republic. The time has long since passed when the
gloves must come off. If you are going
to kill the rats, you’ve got to get down in the sewer.
Welcome to the world of Caesar Disgustus.
Indict. Prosecute. Convict. Imprison.
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