A great post, just missing the re-defined definition of pandemic.
I read decades ago that Webster created his dictionary because he was aware of the creeping, slippery, sliding changes of definitions mainly by lawyers and politicians. Not that that has stopped it. Now they use slang to re-define words, like "sick" means good, or "wicked" means terrific. Gay once meant happy and care free, now it's a sexual orientation and so on.
SimulationCommander, this redefinition of words by gutting them of their useful meaning has been in the playbook for decades now. Do you recall the rhetorical tricks played by those who campaigned for the change of the meaning of the word marriage? The word violence, also has been gutted and its empty shell stuffed with ambiguity that is now endlessly pliable in the hands of the manipulators. The various terms used to identify people by skin colour has also undergone many shifts. Then there is the abortion issue which has advanced only by shutting down people whose reasonable arguments and views are called extremist even in our courts because of the surgical strikes on key words and their useful meaning. You may notice that many of these examples have become what the MSM refer to as hot button issues which in itself is a marginalization of the substance of the issues and the exageration of the smoke and mirrors. It does not matter that the constitution had a clear meaning, its no longer relevant in the view of the covidmaniacs. The capture of the language is the capture of the capacity of people to imagine and to concieve of ideas that carry great significance but which become husks and dust under the grinding of the Ministry of Truth. Its wheels never stop.
Shocking. BLM was not peaceful and did not have any legitimate grievance but captured and conquered hearts and minds while looting and rioting. Now you have this trucker protest backed by Soros stooges and Ottowa escalates. Imagine that. Tamara Lich, co-organizer and spokesperson for ‘Canada unity’ is heavily involved in George Soros' Wexit movement headed by Peter Downing. Lich is on the board of directors of the ‘maverick party’, formerly Wexit Canada, after her involvement with Wexit Alberta which became the ‘wildrose independent party’
The organization receiving all this gofundyourself money is 'canada unity'; who has been thoroughly exposed for using this as an attempt to install communist styles citizens committees under the guise of human rights. "canada unity' itself is for all practical purposes a fundraising and activism organization stemming from the Wexit movement.
I'm not arguing. I'm just saying. I work in healthcare & we have always gotten a flu "vaccine". I don't know that the definition changed for COVID. I too have since wondered how in 1964 I got a vaccine that protected me from disease & in this glorious age of modern medicine they can no longer pull that off
Everybody I know called it the flu shot before they changed the definition.
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He highlights the definition of terms on August 26, 2021.
Immunity: Protection from an infectious disease. If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected.
Vaccine: A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but can also be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.
Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
Immunization: A process by which a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
That had been their definition since at least May 16, 2018, according to PJ Media.
But then, come September 1, suddenly there was a big change.
Immunity: Protection from an infectious disease. If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected.
Vaccine: A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.
Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.
Immunization: A process by which a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
If I redefine mass so that boulders fly off into space when you kick them as hard as you can, will you kick a boulder? What they claim is a lie, just as they've been lying all the time. "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." Everything these people say or claim is a self-serving lie, better to ignore their words altogether and make up your own mind from your own knowledge and experience.
If I recall correctly, the term pandemic also referred to the danger as life-threatening as in widespread death by the bug. This was the key to the notion of measuring its danger to humankind.
I think that's the single biggest deception in this whole mess - the exaggeration of covid's danger. I don't know a single person who has died from it, and only a few who have even had it. I realize that's probably unusual, but if it were as dangerous as we've been gaslit to believe, we'd all know at least a few people who died from it.
I remember seeing the fine-print/real-info on some of the first graphs:
Average age of deaths: 79, 83,...91 (These are not documented statistics, as I did not archive the information of which I was becoming aware, whether deceived or not.)
The Left has been changing words/definitions for years, e.g. illegal aliens became undocumented workers. Under the guise of political correctness, compassion, whatever, they have taken control of the language. If you control the language, you control the conversation and alter the way people think.
Not quite, the wording games are both parties who all serve the donor class. Let's not forget that Bush-Cheney made torture into enhanced interrogation & defined anti-war protest as standing with the terrorists.
The deceptive wording is one of the oldest tricks in the political playbook and used in every bit of toxic legislation so objecting to a "Blue Skies Bill" becomes a fight over perception v reality. Rule of thumb inside the Beltway, "an ounce of facade is worth a pound of substance."
Just pointing out a tactic that folks need to be aware of in order to avoid being manipulated. In this day and age, it is a tactic primarily promulgated/used by Left:
“He who controls the language controls the masses”.
Seems folks from both sides use and manipulate language to their own ends, I don't really understand how you can attribute the quality of language manipulation to one's political idealogies. There seems to be no benefit to this attitude I can discern- can you?
"Antivaxxer" has always been a meaningless term parroted by imbeciles. Parents who vaccinated their children but regretted it because of vaccine injury were "antivaxxers". Doctors who professionally vaccinate children like Bob Sears are "antivaxxers"
It was a genius PR move by Pharma to label these new medicines "vaccines". That way they can call people "anti-vaxxers" if they refuse to take it. And to a lot of people on the Left, being called an anti-vaxxer is the absolute worst thing you can say about someone, and so they will go to great lengths to avoid it.
100% Almost all people mislabelled "antivax" are parents who have deep regret over harming at least one of their children (and in many cases also victims of gaslighting by the medical establishment).
I have the world's ONLY five-legged horse. I'll sell it for minimum $10 million. Any takers?
(Full disclosure: I redefined "leg" to include a horse's tail. But so what, right? I mean, I now have the world's only genuine five-legged horse. One-of-a-kind! Come and get it!)
A great post, just missing the re-defined definition of pandemic.
I read decades ago that Webster created his dictionary because he was aware of the creeping, slippery, sliding changes of definitions mainly by lawyers and politicians. Not that that has stopped it. Now they use slang to re-define words, like "sick" means good, or "wicked" means terrific. Gay once meant happy and care free, now it's a sexual orientation and so on.
SimulationCommander, this redefinition of words by gutting them of their useful meaning has been in the playbook for decades now. Do you recall the rhetorical tricks played by those who campaigned for the change of the meaning of the word marriage? The word violence, also has been gutted and its empty shell stuffed with ambiguity that is now endlessly pliable in the hands of the manipulators. The various terms used to identify people by skin colour has also undergone many shifts. Then there is the abortion issue which has advanced only by shutting down people whose reasonable arguments and views are called extremist even in our courts because of the surgical strikes on key words and their useful meaning. You may notice that many of these examples have become what the MSM refer to as hot button issues which in itself is a marginalization of the substance of the issues and the exageration of the smoke and mirrors. It does not matter that the constitution had a clear meaning, its no longer relevant in the view of the covidmaniacs. The capture of the language is the capture of the capacity of people to imagine and to concieve of ideas that carry great significance but which become husks and dust under the grinding of the Ministry of Truth. Its wheels never stop.
Great post. Orwell was truly ahead of his time.
Shocking. BLM was not peaceful and did not have any legitimate grievance but captured and conquered hearts and minds while looting and rioting. Now you have this trucker protest backed by Soros stooges and Ottowa escalates. Imagine that. Tamara Lich, co-organizer and spokesperson for ‘Canada unity’ is heavily involved in George Soros' Wexit movement headed by Peter Downing. Lich is on the board of directors of the ‘maverick party’, formerly Wexit Canada, after her involvement with Wexit Alberta which became the ‘wildrose independent party’
[link to www.maverickparty.ca (secure)]
Some information on Wexit being a Soros organization headed by Peter Downing (a highly suspect character himself):
[link to www.civilianintelligencenetwork.ca (secure)]
The organization receiving all this gofundyourself money is 'canada unity'; who has been thoroughly exposed for using this as an attempt to install communist styles citizens committees under the guise of human rights. "canada unity' itself is for all practical purposes a fundraising and activism organization stemming from the Wexit movement.
I'm not arguing. I'm just saying. I work in healthcare & we have always gotten a flu "vaccine". I don't know that the definition changed for COVID. I too have since wondered how in 1964 I got a vaccine that protected me from disease & in this glorious age of modern medicine they can no longer pull that off
Everybody I know called it the flu shot before they changed the definition.
-------------------------------
He highlights the definition of terms on August 26, 2021.
Immunity: Protection from an infectious disease. If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected.
Vaccine: A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but can also be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.
Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
Immunization: A process by which a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
That had been their definition since at least May 16, 2018, according to PJ Media.
But then, come September 1, suddenly there was a big change.
Immunity: Protection from an infectious disease. If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected.
Vaccine: A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.
Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.
Immunization: A process by which a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
https://www.citizensjournal.us/the-cdc-suddenly-changes-the-definition-of-vaccine-and-vaccination/
Vaccine and cowboy have the same root. Originally, something could not be called a vaccine if a cow was not involved in the production.
I agree that is the general belief. just sharing that in Healthcare it was identified as a flu vaccine.
Sounds like you were using the wrong verbiage.
When it comes to words, meaning, and what to do take yourself a page from Carlin's book.
Mockery!
Just wanted to say that I am SO in agreement with M. Phisto Sobanii.
If I redefine mass so that boulders fly off into space when you kick them as hard as you can, will you kick a boulder? What they claim is a lie, just as they've been lying all the time. "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." Everything these people say or claim is a self-serving lie, better to ignore their words altogether and make up your own mind from your own knowledge and experience.
Worth noting also, the definition of "Pandemic" was changed not too long ago. This whole thing would not have been possible otherwise.
What was the change?
Before, a pandemic was a dangerous bug that was widespread. Now it's just any bug that is widespread.
If I recall correctly, the term pandemic also referred to the danger as life-threatening as in widespread death by the bug. This was the key to the notion of measuring its danger to humankind.
I think that's the single biggest deception in this whole mess - the exaggeration of covid's danger. I don't know a single person who has died from it, and only a few who have even had it. I realize that's probably unusual, but if it were as dangerous as we've been gaslit to believe, we'd all know at least a few people who died from it.
You're not alone. I know 2 people who have had it. I know 0 people who have died from it.
Yep.
I remember seeing the fine-print/real-info on some of the first graphs:
Average age of deaths: 79, 83,...91 (These are not documented statistics, as I did not archive the information of which I was becoming aware, whether deceived or not.)
A great catch!
The Left has been changing words/definitions for years, e.g. illegal aliens became undocumented workers. Under the guise of political correctness, compassion, whatever, they have taken control of the language. If you control the language, you control the conversation and alter the way people think.
Not quite, the wording games are both parties who all serve the donor class. Let's not forget that Bush-Cheney made torture into enhanced interrogation & defined anti-war protest as standing with the terrorists.
The deceptive wording is one of the oldest tricks in the political playbook and used in every bit of toxic legislation so objecting to a "Blue Skies Bill" becomes a fight over perception v reality. Rule of thumb inside the Beltway, "an ounce of facade is worth a pound of substance."
Yes, I keep forgetting about the Uniparty.
So if you could get rid of everyone on the Left, things would be great then?
Since when did criticism imply wholesale murder?
...oops, did I find another one?
So what's your solution? more division?
Unity through mockery.
I like this definition best.....mockery-ludicrously futile action.
"in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery"
But mockery is not always futile.
Just pointing out a tactic that folks need to be aware of in order to avoid being manipulated. In this day and age, it is a tactic primarily promulgated/used by Left:
“He who controls the language controls the masses”.
–Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals
Seems folks from both sides use and manipulate language to their own ends, I don't really understand how you can attribute the quality of language manipulation to one's political idealogies. There seems to be no benefit to this attitude I can discern- can you?
Exactly! Orwell knew this :)
What is the ":)" for? Is it because you did not write, "I already knew this"?
If so, ;)
While I don't necessarily disagree and unless I missed them, you need to reference where you are getting the old and new definitions.
WHO! I have them all saved but can't post screen shots here.
There's no point in arguing with persons unable to comprehend what you're saying.
But at the same time, so difficult to hold one's tongue.
How can I trust the science when the science changes month to month? That's a question we can put to the public health authorities in particular.
The science is SETTLED! Questioning it is blasphemy!
Well, until the science evolves again. But then once again it's SETTLED! Questioning it is blasphemy!
Until the science evolves again..........
So. Well. Put.
(But I wonder if there might come to exist an even pithier expression of this social phenomena.)
"Antivaxxer" has always been a meaningless term parroted by imbeciles. Parents who vaccinated their children but regretted it because of vaccine injury were "antivaxxers". Doctors who professionally vaccinate children like Bob Sears are "antivaxxers"
What about "woman"?
It was a genius PR move by Pharma to label these new medicines "vaccines". That way they can call people "anti-vaxxers" if they refuse to take it. And to a lot of people on the Left, being called an anti-vaxxer is the absolute worst thing you can say about someone, and so they will go to great lengths to avoid it.
Proudly Anti Vax for the damage it causes...Pro Natural Immunities...would be better...
You nailed this one right through the board. Well said.
100% Almost all people mislabelled "antivax" are parents who have deep regret over harming at least one of their children (and in many cases also victims of gaslighting by the medical establishment).
Nice post. That herd immunity one I hadn't seen, and it is flat out ridiculous.
I have the world's ONLY five-legged horse. I'll sell it for minimum $10 million. Any takers?
(Full disclosure: I redefined "leg" to include a horse's tail. But so what, right? I mean, I now have the world's only genuine five-legged horse. One-of-a-kind! Come and get it!)
Learned that in law school.
Question: “If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a cow have?”
Answer: “ONLY FOUR! A tail is a tail, no matter what you call it!”
Let’s go, Brandon! (And Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself.)
Nice segue.
You mean a new general meme:
“N did not kill himself!”
🤔
LOL I love it!
My male horse has 6 legs, and I’ll let it go for $9 million.
Have you asked it if it is male? It may identify differently.
Which leg are you letting go of, specifically? (Sorry, I could not resist; I mean no offense to anyone!)
That is friggin' hilarious!