I remember back in '15 when the left started saying this-or-that everyday object, gesture, innocent image, phrase, or even necessary part of a healthy diet was "alt-right". It was hilarious watching them scrape away at their free time, figuratively working overtime so they could put the extra cash in an envelope labelled "fuck you". Most of us were probably laughing, in fact, as we ignored the envelope and just took the money.
Now, recently, I have seen what appears to be some kind of psyop. People here are saying that if an individual uses certain words commonly used by the left, this is a sign that they themselves are also leftist. This in itself is a good observation and indeed, there exist many words used largely exclusively by the left, however, there is something about this that doesn't sit right with me, and it's that there is a solution.
When you see that all of your enemies communicate using very specific frequencies so the uninitiated cannot hear them, sure, it is a viable solution to tune in and see who does and does not belong there, but this is a very fragile solution as many will feign their leftism by also communicating at this frequency, using these words, without actually being a leftist. A much more viable solution that does not suffer from this issue is to broadcast on that frequency at so high a volume that it obliterates any chance of the left being able to communicate amongst themselves. Instead of denouncing these words, use them even more as you say normal right-wing stuff.
As an example, the word "problematic" is a famously unique "dog-whitsle" word employed by the left. "Problematic" has very intuitive meaning. Something that is problematic is called so because it creates problems. I believe all of us here can agree that the Left causes problems, and is thus by definition problematic.
Similarly, Toxic is another liberal catch-all, but all it really is (when used by the media) is an ad hominem attack on a person, which is how most people here would define toxic behaviour.
Start using their words. Drown out their communications. Don't let them win.
...disagree. People aren't "toxic", or "problematic". If I say chlorine gas is toxic, there's no misunderstanding, because I'm using the word as intended. Nobody that isn't retarded says "problematic", because troublesome says the same thing without sounding retarded.
I would say ad hominems are pointless, though. We shouldn't engage in them, because they're counterproductive. We can call our favorite jannies "faggots" as a term of endearment, but it's a shit attack vector.
Now, maybe I could say, "this is problematic genius, you toxic bastard" in the vein of "magnificent bastard", but it's forced, and that makes it weak. We don't need to force anything. All we have to do is highlight normalcy, because it resonates with normies.
Toxic was made popular due to Lyte from the League of Legends dev team. They thought it would be better to strictly police their userbase than anything else.
And I agree, for the most part using their words just plays into their trap. If they ask "Are you a racist?" no matter what you say you will be guilty. If you say "Yes" then you are evil and they are justified in doing anything to harm you. If you say "No" then you must prove it or else you are just a lying racist.
You cannot argue and talk with people who have already made up their minds. Speak clearly and explain yourself as well as you can, you will win over any spectators far faster doing that than trying to "win" through force and tricks.
But it does feel like we are losing the voices of those who have spoken clearly and defied the hegemony, at an increasing pace.
Edit: Or am I just looking in the wrong places?
You certainly have to be careful where you speak the truth, because doing it in front of the wrong people can draw too much attention, even if it is what you honestly believe and have no bad intentions. In this case you must speak only some of the truth, and know which crucial details to omit.
Language really is a battlefield, I suggest watching this video about that.
'Misgender' is also a word we should take back. If a man decides to wear a dress and put a bad wig on his head, while demanding that I call him a woman, I will absolutely refuse to by so doing misgender him.
I like "freak."
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I mean i just speak the way i have always spoken without changing it . I use the word toxic sometimes to describe people but not in the way the left does it.
As for the word "problematic" i always found it stupid from the beginning , what's "problematic" just depends on people's personal interests or personal sensibilities and if i were to fight back against an authoritarian dictatorship i would be "problematic" to them. It just sounds authoritarian. So what do the left mean when they say "problematic"? "problematic" to them means, that which is getting in the way of their ushering of their great utopia in their minds? "problematic " being things they personally dislike? its really stupid the way they use that word
These days, if I hear someone refer to someone else as "unproblematic". I take it to mean that their either very PC, or state the standard liberal talking points.
I was just watching some Diesel Patches videos, when I saw the one with NigaHiga, which technically is more about Lily Singh. But the point I'm making is about the comments on it with people talking about how NH is unproblematic. Funny, considering the content that Patches makes and the jokes he makes aren't really PC, so I don't know why so many viewers were like that.
Also to add, I didn't care to watch NH's corona video because I really don't care about "hate crimes". And people can go and tell me that "it's about racists, not all white people" and I still wouldn't care. It just goes to show me that centrists are still leftists but less extreme.
But while I would say that I haven't watched any of his vids since then. It wouldn't really mean a thing since he hasn't posted since that one. Sorry, I went off on a bit of a tangent because I did/do enjoy a lot of his work over the years.
Once you cede language to the left, you set up your own failure. The left wants to normalize their depraved lifestyle and move the Overton Window.
Here's a list of 5 bogus words off the top of my head that nobody should use:
gender, sexual orientation, cis, gay, partner
Agreed.
'Homosexual' is the correct word, and descriptive as well.
And partner? To quote Stan Smith: "Business partners? Partners at a law firm? Tennis partners? Synchronized swimmers?"
My PERSONAL opinions:
Gender: i was always under the impression that it was just a family friendly way of saying sex and that the two words can be used interchangeably. only a few years ago i learnt that the left uses them differently. is gender a recent word and i didn't know that?
Sexual orientation: i dont think people should use this word so often but i think it can be still used in rare instances or in clinical instances cause gay people do exist
Gay: this one i always use, cause homosexual is too long. and gays exist and thats ok but the main thing i dont like is how they became identitarian groups and activist groups, that try to take over mainstream
Cis: yeah this word is 100% stupid
Partner: depends on the situation if its said for political correctness cause someone thinks they have no gender or some made up gender than i think its stupid in that situation.
Just preface every word they use with ones leftists don't like.
Toxic nigger culture. Problematic degeneracy.
Words reclaimed, problem solved.
This is absolutely wrong, since it won't do what you intend it to do. It won't eliminate their Discords, it won't get rid of their IRC substitutes, it won't stop their mailing lists. All it does is make it hard for those on the right to tell who is can be reasoned with and who cannot. Let the left uniform themselves without even knowing it.
Use the example of what happened to the "boog bois" and weekendgunnit, as why uniformed enemies are easier to fight.
A for a few months as the beginning of the year post increased about wearing Hawaiian shirts on r/weekendgunnnit. Then people with Hawaiian shirts started showing up to the riots armed. Essentially they chose (or more likely the glowies chose) a uniform. This allowed easy attack on them. Reddit of course started acting against Weekend, and the MSM started an attack using their uniform as a vector. This of course culminated in weekendgunnit moving to .win and dying.
Allow your enemy to wear their uniform. Use it against them at every opportunity, but do not reveal what allowed you to determine their allegiance.
Sino Delenda Est
I disagree in the sense that most of these words aren't something I'd commonly say in normal day-to-day talk. The only exception being "toxic" when I refer to community if it makes the thing they supposed fans of worse because of them. People don't think of it that way, but I believe too many rush to asking for nerfs and buffs which causes a toxic mindset i.e. that it's not one's fault that they lose.
The image of all the words they used is pretty funny when you think how much it's permeating across the internet. Just that when I hear someone say that phrase, or write it down on a forum. You already know the kind of person they are. It's something that I saw on EFAP said by Rags about the bigot sandwich scene from TLOU 2. That being that he knew exactly the type of person who wrote that, which I guess isn't that hard to do considering the game as a whole.
There's a reason we call em "problem glasses."
You're absolutely right, and I'll take it a step further: you have identified a specific tactic the Woke use, which is to appropriate words for themselves and their own purposes. So, here you are using their own tactic against them. Well, why not do that for their other tactics? They've spent decades developing these things - so we should say YOINK and simply re-deploy them against themselves. Don't just appropriate their words; colonise their spaces, cause feminist discomfort, have masculine pride marches, humiliate these mentally deranged tumours so they're too ashamed to raise their fluoro heads in public.