I'd love to see a video about vernacular...

[thereverendcaptain]

Hi  -

I don't come here much, but I am a fan of the site and I'm here today. I've seen Stef talk about "be careful when the state uses new vernacular" such as "sequester" and "quantitative easing" and I've enjoyed that. But what I'm looking for is sort of a primer for when I'm trying to get my point across to someone I feel might just be teetring on becoming a voluntaryist. Explainations and definintions of words and phrases freedom-centric people use. A glossary of freedom if you will. Some of us don't have the speed of recall and vocabulary command that Stef and others in the online media do.

Keep up the fantastic work Stef. It means a great deal to a great amount of thinking people.

[Brandon Buck _BB_]

I think that would be a great thing to have, although a quick google query didn't produce anything of interest. So... let's start one of our own.  [H]

 

But before we begin, freedom-centric terms are really nothing more than calling things by their proper names. So with that said, it might be a good idea to present a statist term and then follow with its truthful synonym.

 

arrest = kidnap

jail = cage  ← verb and noun usage

capital punishment = murder

flag = colored rag

patriotism = Stockholm's Syndrome, indoctrination, blind obedience

public servant = ruler, person who claims the right to control the action of others

war on drugs = attempt to control peaceful behavior through dictate and violence, war on people

war on terror = attempt to controla entire populations under the guise of security, war on people

war on poverty = attempt to control poor people through theft of the more economically productive, war on people

trade sanction = attempt to harm the proletariate of another nation state through threats of violence, attempt to protect domestic businesses from competition, war on people

taxation = extortion

 

There are hundreds more but it's late and my brain is falling asleep. Perhaps others can add to the list.