The Left engaging in projection again. They wrote the book on perverting language to gain power. They're just upset their enemies are taking notes now.

Republicans are masters of verbal jiu-jitsu. It’s a form of linguistic combat in which the practitioner takes a political phrase or concept popularized by their opponent and gradually turns into an unusable slur.

In other words, we put out the awful things their BS terms mean.

If this sounds abstract, consider the evolution of “ woke.” The word is defined as being “actively aware of social injustice.” But it has been transformed into a contemporary scourge, one that a politician compared to a “virus more dangerous than any pandemic, hands down.”

Mention almost any touchstone phrase adopted by the left in recent years — “critical race theory,” “diversity,” “global warming,” even the word “liberal” itself — and it has been redefined or tarnished by conservatives.

Meanwhile, Republicans continue to proudly use words and pet phrases such as “family values,” “conservative” and “patriot” – no matter who or what is associated with the terms.

Because liberals haven't tarnished those words as "muh racist dog whistles"

“Social justice warrior,” for example, didn’t start off as an insult. What’s wrong with someone fighting on behalf of the poor and exploited? Then the term was turned by conservatives and internet culture into something else: a “whiny,” self-righteous progressive who can’t take a joke.

Critical race theory was once an obscure academic discipline that insisted that racism is more than individual prejudice; it’s embedded in laws, policies and institutions. But conservatives redirected the discussion and turned the term into a catchall phrase that criticizes virtually any examination of systemic racism or history that could make White people uncomfortable.

LOL! The thing is that THEY, THE LEFT, are the ones who took CRT out of obscure uni lectures and into policy. And notice the VERBAL JIU-JITSU by the CNN writer to turn opposition of the very racist CRT concept into " White people uncomfortable"

Whatever the method, this form of verbal jiu-jitsu is used for one purpose, says Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility,” a popular book that spawned another popular liberal catchphrase.

Of course they needed Saint Robin to pop in. Of course "white fragility" is a form of VERBAL JIU-JITSU by making anyone critical of terrible ideas into a terrible person.

They also blame us for them not using "global warming", even though they had to do it because of all the snow storms, etc.

The phrase “global warming” was popularized by the media and some scientists in the 1980s. It’s been virtually eliminated from public discourse by verbal jiu-jitsu. Some of that change is due to science. Some scientists believe climate change is a more accurate description of the environmental challenges facing the planet.

But it was Republicans who initially pushed for the name change, for reasons that had little to do with scientific accuracy. Instead of acknowledging the science pointing toward a looming environmental disaster, one Republican pollster offered another phrase to mute the alarm: climate change.

That term was popularized in part by Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster who advised GOP politicians in the early 2000s to stop using the term “global warming” because it had “catastrophic connotations” and reframe the issue as the more benign “climate change.” (Luntz has since disavowed his efforts to cast doubt on global warming.)

"you can't use that, that's OUR word!"

“Social justice warrior,” for example, didn’t start off as an insult.

Well, it was at least 'cringe' from the get go.

Critical race theory was once an obscure academic discipline that insisted that racism is more than individual prejudice

Yeah, that's not what CRT is. Anyway, nobody used jiu-jitsu of any kind to turn the term against liberals. The only thing people did was talking about what CRT really is about. Funny how that is enough to turn the term agains yourself. Time for some introspection, no?

Mention almost any touchstone phrase adopted by the left in recent years — “critical race theory,” “diversity,” “global warming,” even the word “liberal” itself — and it has been redefined or tarnished by conservatives.

No, dipshit. Your constant redefinition of everything to use it as a crudge to beat your opponents over the head with has devalued these words to the point that nobody remotely sane could use them without bursting into hysteric laughter, at least internally.

You stripped these words of any meaning that they might once have had to use them as a weapon, now you cry foul when the same weapon is used against you. Get fucked.

If this sounds abstract, consider the evolution of “ woke.”

I'd rather not. It's up there in the cringe-department, right alongside SJW

The word is defined as being “actively aware of social injustice.”

I'm rather sure the word was used before in very different contexts and then it was coopted and redefined to mean what you wrote up there (and then ot got redefined a few million times more to mean absolutely anything and it's opposite at the same time but I repeat myself)

When the term was turned by conservatives and internet culture into something else: a “whiny,” self-righteous progressive who can’t take a joke

Well, show me someone that uses the word unironically and I show you a “whiny,” self-righteous progressive who can’t take a joke. If the shoe fits.

"Social Justice Warrior" absolutely began as an insult - it's an evolution of "keyboard warrior" i.e. someone who might talk a good game but is full of shit.

"All the retarded and obnoxious things we've been doing developed stigmas for some reason."

"How dare you expose our real agenda instead of going along with the bullshit story we are using as a pretext!"

TIL conservatives possess magic voodoo powers of persuasion that frighten and bewilder CNN analysts.

Wait until they realize we can think banned gamer words about them all day long and they can't stop us. I'm thinking of one right now.

CNN being racist again.

jiu jitsu is a martial art that originates with Buddhist monks in India, but really got into it's own in Japan. It was created so that in the event that if a samurai was disarmed, they would still have lethal non weapon combat technique to use.

And they're using it against the bad white people who use words in ways they're not supposed to heckin gosh darn it.

If they can explain how words are violence, but when they do it, it isn't, I'm all ears.

This is 110% Projection. The progressives are the KINGS of Double Speak/Weasel Wording.

Sooo... the left craft newspeak catch phrases to try conceal their their blatant racism and disastrous policies. And of course the author's take is that conservatives are evil for calling out their bullshit. It's so odd that he didn't cover affirmative action, i.e. the only real institutionalized racism in the country right now. Oh wait, did I just do the evil verbal jiu-jitsu?

Besides how plainly biased the author is he also gets plenty of facts wrong in his naked effort to further the leftist crusade. Just one example (of many): his claim that conservatives somehow caused mainstream media, governments, and scientists to switch from 'global warming' messaging to 'climate change'. This is patently ridiculous. Conservatives hold little power in those institutions and certainly not enough to shape their narrative regarding the crown jewel of the leftist power grab playbook.

What really happened was that the left changed their messaging because 'global warming' was too definite and didn't give them enough wiggle room as the weather fluctuated over the years. For example, there was an extended period of global cooling from roughly 1940 to 1970 and global cooling alarmism was even popular for a time. 'Climate change' was chosen because it could be used to push the leftist agenda regardless of what the weather happened to be doing for even extended periods of time and so that the focus of alarmism could be pushed to events like hurricanes, tornadoes, wild fires, and so forth.

So, progressives wrap dogshit concepts in flowery words, conservatives unwrap it, expose it for the dogshit that it is, and people reject said shit.

just quoting their own posts triggers them

CNN acting as leftist political stooges. Surprise, surprise.