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STOP CALLING THEM THAT!<\/a> “Words are thee fingers that mold the minds of men.”CHARLES CURTMAN<\/a>

Words are important. They are, as someone said, \u201cthe fingers that mold the minds of men.\u201d So, it\u2019s important that we use the most appropriately descriptive words possible when referring to people and things. Americans haven\u2019t paid much attention to the use of words lately, and this has had a negative impact on their ability to think.
These are days when sound thinking has never been more important. Therefore, people need to stop calling people and things what they\u00a0aren\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0and start calling them what they\u00a0are<\/em>. For example:
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1. Stop calling \u201cmen\u201d gentlemen\u201d who are not gentlemen, and in many case, poor excuses for \u201cmen.\u201d
2. Stop calling women \u201cladies\u201d who are not by definition, \u201cladies.\u201d
3. Stop calling people \u201cprotestors,\u201d who are nothing more than insurredtionist, and paid disturbers of the peace, and communists foot soldiers and useful idiots.
4. Stop referring to campus rabble-rousers as highly educated young people,\u201d who are, at best poorly educated young dummies, and in many cases, nothing less than treasonous, narcissistic, spoiled brats.
5. Stop calling Islam a \u201cpeaceful religion.\u201d
6. Stop those who kill babies for financial, ideological, and the gratification of someone\u2019s convenience, \u201cabortionists\u201d and \u201cdoctors.\u201d
7. Stop calling indoctrination mills \u201cpublic schools.\u201d
8. Stop calling propagandists, \u201cjournalists.\u201d
9. Stop calling people \u201ceducators\u201d who are nothing more than ideologues and societal misfits.
10. Stop calling parent prevention via infanticide, \u201cPlanned Parenthood.\u201d
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STOP CALLING THEM THAT! “Words are thee fingers that mold the minds of men.”CHARLES CURTMAN Words are important. They are, as someone said, \u201cthe fingers that mold the minds of men.\u201d So, it\u2019s important that we use the most appropriately descriptive words possible when referring to people and things. Americans haven\u2019t paid much attention to…
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