...we are now in a world where words mean nothing in and of themselves and morph in meaning as necessary to support the narrative du jour. “Victory” and “defeat” mean nothing.” Genocide” means nothing.
“Racism” is the OG of word-flexing - it too essentially means nothing, except (like all these Gumby words) that we or things we support are bad because they choose to apply an inapplicable label to them.
The crazy guy who shot Gabby Giffords said, "What is government if words have no meaning?"
When this was in the news it sounded crazy and I was at a loss to understand it. I was thinking it had to be some sort of coded metaphor when in fact it was a literal statement.
Truly, what is government if words have no meaning? It is a valid question.
What does the
Second Amendment mean when leftists and their Fellow Travelers in the courts insist that it doesn't say what it says?
What does the
First Amendment's Free Speech clause mean when leftists and their Fellow Travelers in the courts insist it doesn't protect speech they don't like?
What does
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness mean when politicians of every stripe constantly do everything they can to take all three of these away from us?
Laws have no meaning when politicians and cops fail to obey them and then fail to enforce them.
What is a border? What is citizenship? What is a nation?
None of this means anything when words have no meaning.
