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rulemylife -> RE: Impeachment? (3/24/2011 6:03:45 PM)
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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY
But I could make the argument that "socialist" is a purely descriptive term.
It becomes a pejorative when it is meant as a pejorative. When it becomes commonly accepted as an insult, it becomes difficult to distinguish between a descriptive use, and a pejorative use.
Such as "neo-con", which in common political discussion (on these boards, for example) almost without exception, it is used in the pejorative sense.
Its like how some black people use the "n" word. It's not insulting when they do it themselves, because it's not meant to be an insult.
If someone wishes to call themselves a "neo-con", then they are making a statement, as are the people who use the "n" word to describe themselves. Just as "liberals" use the term to describe themselves, and it's not an insult.
If you fling the word "neo-con" in a discussion, however, I would generally interpret it as an intended insult on your part.
Firm
That was an amazingly ridiculous argument.
So if I refer to you as a conservative that is somehow acceptable but neo-conservative is not?
There is nothing more insulting in using the term neo-con than using the term liberal, other than your tender feelings.
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