politically sensitive labels

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:57 PM -0500 3/10/04, Fred Shapiro wrote:
>On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Sam Clements wrote:
>
>>  nanny-state, junk science, activist judges, class warfare, responsibility,
>>  family values, political correctness, secular humanism, liberal media,
>>  choice, etc.
>
>This is an excellent list.  By "choice" I assume you mean choice with
>regard to school vouchers, not abortions.
>
>Here are some others:
>
>tort reform, faith-based, welfare mothers,

and lest we forget, welfare Cadillac

>strict constructionism,
>original interpretation [of the Constitution], creation science,
>tax-and-spend, pro-life, tree-hugger, Feminazi, morality
>

there's also semantic extension, e.g. "terrorist" (for educators
critical of NCLB)

larry horn