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Language & Its Destruction

“Politics and the English Language.” By George Orwell.

LITERATURE MATTERS

Michael S. Rose

April 2020

Language should reflect reality. If it doesn’t, what possible limits could be placed on misleading, manipulative language?

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“Homosexuality” as a Philological Problem

ON THE DAMAGE BEING DONE BY DUBIOUS TERMINOLOGY

R.V. Young

January-February 2020

Neither the words “homosexual” or “homosexuality” nor their equivalents in any language known to me existed before the late 19th century.

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America’s Linguistic Revolution

NOTES FROM THE WORD CEMETERY

Frederick W. Marks

October 2019

Where do we stand in relation to George Washington’s claim that godlessness leads to immorality, and immorality to a breakdown in democratic governance?

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The Great Awokening: The Puritan Roots of the Social Justice Warrior

Jason M. Morgan

January-February 2019

Social Justice Warriors behave like cult members. They are little Cromwells who demand Robespierre-level ideological purity of every single person.

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Giving an Appearance of Solidity to Pure Wind
January-February 2016

When considering Muslim tolerance, one might inquire: Are Muslim attitudes toward drinking alcohol tolerant? And how about free speech? Women's rights? Freedom of religion? Music and Art?

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On the Deconstruction of Language

UNLIMITED INTERPRETATIONS, UNLIMITED DIVISIONS

Cecilia Huckestein

May 2015

All our institutions are infested with corrupt language, whose impetus is to tear down all present realities and replace them with vain and avaricious desires.

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Big Sister Is Listening to You
July-August 2013

States expend considerable effort rewriting statutes using "gender-neutral vocabulary" and manipulating our language in the service of a broad sociopolitical agenda.

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Faith Journey or Road to Hell?

ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE

Richard Anderson

December 2008

Can someone who has ignored every proscription of the Catholic faith be described as being on a "faith journey"?

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'I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It'
October 2007

In most daily newspapers prolifers are called "anti-abortion" and pro-aborts are called "pro-choice." But these are euphemisms.

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"Grandfathering" Gay Priests
February 2006

Curiously, one doesn't say "grandmothered." Had the term been "grandmothered," it would certainly have been banned by the Language Nazis.

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Parent Is a Noun, Not a Verb

RE-ENGINEERING CULTURE

Cliff Price

January 2006

When we firmly reject using the language crafted by the ideologues of modernity, we strike a blow for sanity.

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Chrismukkah: It's In the Cards
December 2005

A newly minted interfaith "holiday" is a multi-cultural mishmash of cherished rituals and customs with "no dogma and no rules."

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Ms. Goodie Two-Shoes Rhetoric
February 2005

If we can't say "policemen," why do we get to say "gunman"?

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Fuzzy Language Does Not Belong in Vatican Documents
November 2004

Why can't these people say what they mean?

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A Clever Translation of the Bible
September 2004

is a Bible with "extraordinary power" - extraordinary satanic power.

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Berkeley's Linguistic Outlaws
March 2004

Phony language is reprehensible, but language has a way of exacting its own revenge.

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Oh, to Be a Victim!
January 2003

Victim status is highly coveted in our effete culture.

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What's "Offensive" & What's Not

THE TRIUMPH OF SUBJECTIVISM

Alice von Hildebrand

November 2002

That it can be legitimate to feel offended should not lead us to the conclusion that every time a person feels offended, his response is justified.

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Lumps, Bumps & Meditation
October 2002

The effects of linguistic re-ordering of priorities are far-reaching.

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Spreading the Disease
June 2002

A pervasive modern sentiment suggests that "each person has an inalienable right to be considered good, however he behaves."

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The Linguistic Minefield
January 2002

Is inclusive language a reality of current English, or merely a contrivance?

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Designer Bibles

Dale Vree

December 2001

Zondervan, publisher of the NIV, planned a so-called inclusive-language version of the NIV that would eventually replace it, but was pressured to stop.

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Jesus Found Guilty of Hate Speech
November 2001

America magazine bellyaches about how Catholicism has historically expelled "heretical Christians" from its midst.

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From Butchered English To Butchered Theology
September 2000

Soon we'll be expected to refer to the Gerperson language instead of the German language.

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Our Vast Pudding, Who Art in Heaven, Muddled Be Thy Name…
February 2000

Promiscuous fuzzing of images and programmatic neutering of prayers

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Zorro & Bathsheba
September 1999

My, the difficulties of inclusivity are well-nigh preternatural

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The Dumbbell Feminese Dialect
July/August 1999

"Maximum possible fidelity to the sacred Scriptures"?

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The Intolerant Ideology of Tolerance

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

January 1998

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"Inclusive Language": Is It Necessary?

SPEAKING NATURALLY VS. SPEAKING ARTIFICIALLY

Kenneth D. Whitehead

March 1997

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A Case Against "Inclusive Language"

THEOLOGY MATTERS

Kristen West McGuire

January/February 1997

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What's Wrong With 'Values'

THE MUSHY WORLD OF MORAL RELATIVISM

Terence Ball

May 1996

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Jesus in the Dictionary

LETTER FROM ENGLAND

John Warwick Montgomery

January/February 1994

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Lying & Other Deceptions in Communications Are Always Wrong

EVEN "WHITE" LIES

Germain Grisez

October 1990

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The Words of God

GUEST COLUMN

Michael Nelson

December 1989

American hymnals and Bible translations must retain the authority that only memory, accuracy, and tradition bring, yet also be modern enough.

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The “Freedom” Liturgy

LETTER FROM ENGLAND

Christopher Derrick

March 1985

Human beings tend to be more interested in myth than in factual reality. Confucius said it is the chief business of government to organize ceremonies.

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