October 19, 2016
How a liberal defines words (and ignores the dictionary)
It sort of makes you wonder what kind of medication politicians are using these days. Words don’t always mean what a dictionary says they mean, and this “alternative definition” appears to be used more and more by political figures on the left.
Gary Johnson, the current presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, gave a letter-perfect example of “alternative definition” during a recent interview. The interviewer, after obviously searching for the least offensive way of approaching the subject of those who have entered the United States illegally, is taken to task at some length by former Gov. Johnson.
Johnson demanded that the interviewer use the word “undocumented” in place of the word “illegal.” In fact, he went on and on and on about how Hispanics, particularly in his home state of New Mexico, and he, personally, find the use of the term “illegal” highly offensive.
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