Morgan Freeberg had a great idea, but mislabled it. I’ve started a corrected list here, below. More corrections will need to be made, and a few additions will be in order. I already added a tiny handful. To start out all the links go to Morgan’s site, so I can’t vouch for any of his definitions. Feel free to suggest explanatory links for any work or phrase, in comments.
First draft,”Words Most Abused by the Right”:
- Tolerance
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Tolerance t-shirt design from Northern Sun; t-shirt will certainly tick off members of the Right Wing.
- Fairness
- Equality
- Vote
- Democracy
- Capitalism
- Free market
- Economics
- Jobs
- Family
- Marriage
- Contraception, and Family Planning
- Inclusion
- Science
- Open-minded
- Egalitarian
- Stereotype
- Oppressive
- Non-threatening
- Diversity
- Everyone
- Skeptic
- Nuance
- Progressive
- Constitution
- History
- Science
- Religion
- Environment
- News
- Journalism
- Hate speech
- Tea Party
- Abuse
- Torture
- Greed
- Assault (weapon/rifle/gun)
- Wealthy
- Any tangible noun that ends with “ist,” or intangible noun that ends with “ism.”
- Undocumented
- Working (family)
- Worker
- Labor
- Right(s)
- Ethical
- Transparent(cy)
- Landmark
- Theocracy
- Common sense
- Safety
- Fascist/ism
- Communist/ism
- Socialist/ism
- Mainstream
- Forward
Morgan also “cross-posted” his list at House of Eratosthenes and Right Wing News. Hilarity ensues, I’m sure.
