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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 22, 1985
A Political Glossary
Every field has its own special words and expres
sions which others find hard to understand. Politics is no exception.
For those who have difficulty understanding the strange way words are
used by liberal politicians and the media, here, according to Thomas
Sowell, a black conservative economist with the Hoover Institution of
War, Revolution and Peace, is a partly humorous glossary translating
political rhetoric into plain English:
"Bilingual:
unable to speak English. Equal opportunity:
preferential treatment•••• Compassion: the use of tax money
to buy votes. Insensitivity: objection to the use of tax
money to buy votes•••• Rehabilitation:
magic words said
before releasing criminals.
Demonstration:
a riot by
people you agree with. Mob violence: a riot by people you
disagree with•••• People's republic: a place where you do
what you are told or get shot. National liberation move
ments: organizations trying to create People's republics••••
A proud people: chauvinists you like. Bigots: chauvinists
you don't like•••• Private greed:
making money selling
people what they want. Public service: gaining power to
make people do what you want them to.... Moderate Arabs:
mythical beings to whom State Department officials make
sacrificial offerings•••• Accountability: holding teachers,
public officials and private business responsible for the
consequences of their misdeeds. Chilling effect: holding
journalists responsible for the consequences of their
misdeeds."
--Gene B. Hogberg, News Bureau
Editor's Note:
The next issue of "Pastor General's Report" will be
published December 6, 1985.