Some time after reading n2l’s latest post, it occurred to me that a certain word has been misappropriated by the PC nazis. It occurred to me because n2l used the word correctly. And it provided a contrast to the “empowerment usage,” purposely designed and deliberately employed to give power and authority to otherwise disparate groups, all on the political left.
It’s a word that has migrated to common usage in the mainstream, and, it’s a word that I’ve grown increasingly tired of.
“Community.”
The practitioners of leftwinguistics who wrote the Wikipedia definition talk about a “human community” as sharing “intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness.”
Utter piffle and balderdash.
Whether it’s the muslim community, the African-American community, the Latino community, the immigration rights community, the gay and lesbian community, and so on, and so on, and so on, the irony is delicious: the same people who employ this “empowerment word” to claim commonality and absolute moral authority over their issue of choice are the first people to complain of “stereotyping” and “profiling” when they fail to get exactly what they want, when they want it.
Words mean things. Words have power. This particular word has begun to fall harshly on my ears, and awaken my inner redneck.
I’m not going to play their game anymore.
===========================================================================================
Trackposted to Perri Nelson’s Website, third world county, Big Dog’s Weblog, The World According to Carl, Pirate’s Cove, The Pink Flamingo, Webloggin, The Amboy Times, Right Voices, Gone Hollywood, and The Yankee Sailor, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe
Filed under: News and politics | Tagged: News and politics | Comments Off on The PC “community”