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Of late, Democrats have tried using Carlin's list as a way to sound more 'authentic' to the rubes who thoughtlessly abandoned them in 2024. For some reason, dropping F-bombs in public comments has become de rigueur among the progressive cognoscenti, perhaps in hopes of connecting with younger male voters who they have essentially driven from their ranks over the last several years with talk of "toxic masculinity" and fulminations over the "patriarchy."Presumably not as a coincidence, the latter word lands in a new memo from the center-Left think tank Third Way. Addressed to "all who wish to stop Donald Trump and MAGA," the group claims that Democrat policies are not the problem, but rather the obfuscatory language they use to address issues:QuoteIn reality, most Democrats do not run or govern on wildly out-of-touch social positions. But voters would be excused to believe we do because of the words that come out of our mouths—words which sound like we are hiding behind unfamiliar phrases to mask extreme intent.This is, in fact, utter nonsense. The words have been chosen carefully because they hide "extreme intent," and the extreme policies that voters soundly and broadly reject. ...We'll get back to the "wildly out-of-touch" positions in a moment. For now, though, Third Way wants Democrats to dispense with the "seminar talk" by removing 45 words from the Democrat lexicon. Politico covers much of the list in brief:QuoteThey span six categories — from “therapy speak” to “explaining away crime” — and put in sharp relief a party that authors say makes Democrats “sound like the extreme, divisive, elitist, and obfuscatory, enforcers of wokeness.” In the document, titled “Was It Something I Said?” Third Way argues that to “please the few, we have alienated the many — especially on culture issues, where our language sounds superior, haughty and arrogant,” according to the memo.Among the blacklisted terms: privilege … violence (as in “environmental violence”) … dialoguing … triggering … othering … microaggression … holding space … body shaming … subverting norms … systems of oppression … cultural appropriation … Overton window … existential threat to [the climate, democracy, economy] … radical transparency … stakeholders … the unhoused … food insecurity … housing insecurity … person who immigrated … birthing person … cisgender … deadnaming … heteronormative … patriarchy … LGBTQIA+ … BIPOC … allyship … incarcerated people … involuntary confinement.
In reality, most Democrats do not run or govern on wildly out-of-touch social positions. But voters would be excused to believe we do because of the words that come out of our mouths—words which sound like we are hiding behind unfamiliar phrases to mask extreme intent.
They span six categories — from “therapy speak” to “explaining away crime” — and put in sharp relief a party that authors say makes Democrats “sound like the extreme, divisive, elitist, and obfuscatory, enforcers of wokeness.” In the document, titled “Was It Something I Said?” Third Way argues that to “please the few, we have alienated the many — especially on culture issues, where our language sounds superior, haughty and arrogant,” according to the memo.Among the blacklisted terms: privilege … violence (as in “environmental violence”) … dialoguing … triggering … othering … microaggression … holding space … body shaming … subverting norms … systems of oppression … cultural appropriation … Overton window … existential threat to [the climate, democracy, economy] … radical transparency … stakeholders … the unhoused … food insecurity … housing insecurity … person who immigrated … birthing person … cisgender … deadnaming … heteronormative … patriarchy … LGBTQIA+ … BIPOC … allyship … incarcerated people … involuntary confinement.
