The article below from Big Government, points to a pervasive problem in this county - namely sloppy speech. Even people who may know what they are saying, produce words that do not convey the truth of what they are trying to articulate. The result of sloppy speech is sloppy thinking. I am as guilty of this as anyone, and try very hard to choose the right words.
Words make a difference. In the novel "1984" by George Orwell, changing language was one of the primary ways used to control the populace. By changing the meaning of words, or even eliminating them, subtle shifts of understanding can happen without the person affected even realizing a change has taken place.
Our current culture prides itself on the odious idea of "political correctness." Even though we make jokes about the movement, we still are led down it's insidious path, and soon we are incorporating the new language in our day-to-day speech.
You Don’t Have a Constitutional Right to Free Speech
by Derek Hunter
You’ve undoubtedly heard someone, maybe even yourself, say that you have a Constitutional right to free speech, right? While that seems to make sense, it’s not true, or at least wasn’t before the government got so big that it started intruding into areas of our lives in which it has no business; and it is part of a modern mentality that has the potential to harm our individual liberty. read the rest
