The Third Way: 'Why are Democrats affiliated with this group that wants to gut Democratic Programs?'

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36. "If we are to live in a world where words have meaning, they really should stop doing that."

It's MSM propaganda. We hear it every day, several times a day. It's the mindless language we *use* because we're venal or lazy consumers, or cynical political manipulators.
"centrist" = "the good guys". Not "radical", not over the top, not out of the loop, not crazy. Not an unbalanced "winger".
It's the groundwork for embellishments like "reality based politics" and "pragmatic politics", all heavily pushed on DU.
It's the basis for hammering away at a "teabagger ~ leftist" meme, because once we've accepted their language as being ours, all the rest follows and we no longer have a reasonable position.

They know what they're doing. All those media pundits know what they're doing, they studied it, and Mother Jones should know better. So should all DUers.

Anyone with a progressive bone in their body should know better, and we should push back *every time* it's used -- since it's basically a lie and unacceptable.

(p.s. - I no longer go to DU homepage or latest threads. I can't take the incessant warmongering and hatemongering, bereft of any deference to truth. There are whole forums infested with cabals pushing right-wing hatred. I do follow posters like Judi Lynn, who post important content, but I can't stand to read most of the hate-filled right wing replies. Hopefully this group takes off.)