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Republican code words. List them here. (Original Post) raccoon Mar 2017 OP
illegal alien JHan Mar 2017 #1
States rights JHan Mar 2017 #2
Choice gibraltar72 Mar 2017 #3
good one JHan Mar 2017 #5
"Welfare" and "Law and Order" JHan Mar 2017 #4
+1 nt. NCTraveler Mar 2017 #19
New York valuesJew nycbos Mar 2017 #6
yup.. and "Family Values" JHan Mar 2017 #7
Freedom canetoad Mar 2017 #8
Access onecaliberal Mar 2017 #9
+1 hamsterjill Mar 2017 #23
anti-colonial. nt wiggs Mar 2017 #10
Values Poor_Dog Mar 2017 #11
God (or Gawd) C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #12
Elites- anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature or with more teeth than toes. NightWatcher Mar 2017 #13
yes! JHan Mar 2017 #14
Heritage superpatriotman Mar 2017 #15
Death Spiral superpatriotman Mar 2017 #16
The American People. dchill Mar 2017 #17
"entitlement" nt marybourg Mar 2017 #18
Socialist! Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2017 #20
Liberals - as in "I hate liberals." CrispyQ Mar 2017 #21
The Haters love the word yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #28
Yeah, that's the word! I'd forgotten it. CrispyQ Mar 2017 #30
YEAH and I hate it when they refer to the yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #32
Ponzi scheme bronxiteforever Mar 2017 #22
Sanctity of life/marriage Lucky Luciano Mar 2017 #24
Microwaves... hamsterjill Mar 2017 #25
She's working on it! CrispyQ Mar 2017 #31
Job-killing regulations FuzzyRabbit Mar 2017 #26
Urban Mendocino Mar 2017 #27
Judeo Christian Values right wing Christian and we tolerate the Jews (for now) Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #29
Founding Fathers lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #33
Government waste. uberblonde Mar 2017 #34
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2017 #35
"reform" Qutzupalotl Mar 2017 #36
"American Culture" agenasolva Mar 2017 #37
Constitution Efilroft Sul Mar 2017 #38
Race-baiters, Jamaal510 Mar 2017 #39
"Believe me" Silent3 Mar 2017 #40
Homeland, formerly known as: Country, Nation, the US, America Hekate Mar 2017 #41

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)
20. Socialist!
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 02:52 PM
Mar 2017

I'm surprised that hasn't been mentioned yet given how prominent it was for the past 8 years. Tying anything, especially health care, to "Europe" seems to be used a lot to smear something.

CrispyQ

(36,464 posts)
21. Liberals - as in "I hate liberals."
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 02:52 PM
Mar 2017

It's code for I hate ______________ (blacks/Hispanics/gays/women/disabled/transgen/...).

I've noticed some FB acquaintances who will never say they hate a specific minority group, but they will state with venom how much they hate liberals. It is also politically correct to say you want to kill/deport liberals.

I called out a cousin of mine once. I said, I'm liberal. But you're not that kind of liberal, he said. Yes I am, I said. I'm exactly that kind of liberal that you can't stand, according to your FB posts. I'm the kind of liberal that doesn't want anyone to be homeless, whether they work or not. I'm the kind of liberal that believes that health care is a right. I'm the kind of liberal that wonders what is the point of a national defense budget if we don't take care of our people and our country? His response? "You obviously aren't or I wouldn't like you."

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
28. The Haters love the word
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 03:09 PM
Mar 2017

"LibTards" it makes me cringe... its something out of elementary school... kinda thinking.

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
22. Ponzi scheme
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 02:59 PM
Mar 2017

Meaning if the GOP could just get its hands on social security and give to the banks and unregulated investors then we would have an honest to goodness Ponzi scheme.

FuzzyRabbit

(1,967 posts)
26. Job-killing regulations
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 03:06 PM
Mar 2017

Any law or rule that prevents air or water pollution, or that requires worker safety or consumer safety.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
33. Founding Fathers
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 03:22 PM
Mar 2017



The FFs catch a lot of projection. RWers are always suggesting
"this is what the FFs would have wanted" .

Response to raccoon (Original post)

Efilroft Sul

(3,579 posts)
38. Constitution
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 04:16 PM
Mar 2017

Anytime one of them spouts off that word, it tends to justify either selfishness or discrimination.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
39. Race-baiters,
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 04:57 PM
Mar 2017

feminazis, Nanny State, reverse racism, social justice warriors, out-of-control spending, welfare queens, liberal media, gay agenda, college indoctrination, coastal elites, etc.

Hekate

(90,683 posts)
41. Homeland, formerly known as: Country, Nation, the US, America
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:09 PM
Mar 2017

Last edited Mon Mar 20, 2017, 11:59 AM - Edit history (1)

"Homeland" has given me hives ever since it came out of Dubya's mouth, and he managed to enshrine it in federal agencies like Homeland Security.

Homeland, like Fatherland and Motherland, is a "blood and soil" word, with heavy connotations about who is entitled to citizenship and most especially, who is not. It's very Old World, to say the least.

My entire life I have been a citizen of my country, America; my nation, the USA. Citizenship is attained by birthright and by asking to belong -- not by race, religion, or ethnic origin. We are better than that -- or so we thought.

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