{"id":1845412,"date":"2023-02-13T13:05:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T18:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845412"},"modified":"2023-02-13T13:09:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T18:09:55","slug":"hon-thaddeus-g-mccotter-the-apparatchik-press-substancebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hon-thaddeus-g-mccotter-the-apparatchik-press-substancebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter: The Apparatchik Press Substancebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhon-thaddeus-g-mccotter-the-apparatchik-press-substancebook%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845412&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/article_CRC-150.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"advertisment pb-5 text-center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"advertisment pb-5 text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> I raised the rhetorical question last summer about the censorship in civic discourse. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/2022\/08\/08\/mccotter-who-makes-these-rules\">Who Makes These Rules?<\/a>\u201d The patent solution is that of the self-anointed \u201cwoke\u201d The cult believes it is entitled to transmogrify language beyond recognition as part of their fatal ideological vanity project of recreating humanity and perfecting human relations through identity politics and socialism.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><i>The republic founded on the God-given freedom of speech, has seen some of its most respected beneficiaries undermine it. Reddit, the Associated Press and Merriam-Webster Dictionary were some of those who attempted to undermine it. \u201credefine\u201d words and language in the service of politics; and, as time and again we\u2019ve seen, once these \u201credefinitions\u201d If it does, the next step is to enforce the censorship.<\/i><\/div>\n<p>The Associated Press news agency (a.k.a. &#8220;The Associated Press&#8221;) was at that moment. \u201cApparatchik Press\u201d) was revising its purported Stylebook to \u201cadopt and promote the preferred language and ideology of the LGBTQ movement, which is sharply at odds with Catholic teaching on transgenderism,\u201d As reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/251886\/ap-updates-journalists-guide-new-rules-for-transgender-issues\"><i>Catholic News Agency<\/i><\/a>. These changes included:<\/p>\n<p>Redefining \u201ctransgender\u201d As \u201ca person whose gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Informing authors to replace terms such \u201cbiological sex,\u201d \u201csex change,\u201d  \u201cmale or female hormones\u201d (which I\u2019ve just written \u2013 EEK!) substituting terms like \u201csex assigned at birth,\u201d  \u201cgender transition;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Censoring \u201cslurs,\u201d which includes uttering a person\u2019s previous name, i.e., \u201cdeadname;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A cautionary note throughout this entire section regarding transgender sport discussion \u201cnot to \u2018misgender or imply doubt\u2019 about transgender athletes, specifically males competing in women\u2019s sports,\u201d And so on.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>CNA<\/i> article cited Professor Abigail Favale, \u201ca leading Catholic expert on gender issues [who warned] that the changes disregard the inherent dignity of the human body and will have a major impact on society at large.\u201d This University of Notre Dame\u2019s McGrath Institute for Church Life professor frames the issue succinctly, by noting how \u201c[the style book] feels like both catechesis and guidelines \u2013 there\u2019s a sense in which the reader is being taught what language to use, as well as how to view the topic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s the current hot button \u201cDon\u2019t!\u201d on the Apparatchik Press\u2019 cancel culture checklist? Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/02\/03\/disgraceful-associated-press-directs-journalists-use-crisis-pregnancy-center-new-abortion-guidance\/\"><i>The Daily Signal<\/i><\/a>\u2019s Elizabeth Troutman and Tyler O\u2019Neil:<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div><i>The Associated Press added a section to its style guide directing journalists how to spell the term \u201ccrisis pregnancy center\u201d Scare-quotes and to Use \u201canti-abortion center\u201d Instead, you can convey that \u201cthe centers\u2019 general aim is to prevent abortions\u2026\u201d <\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>The AP added this entry between Nov. 20 and Nov. 27, 2022, according to The Daily Signal\u2019s search\u2026 The guide describes the centers as <a name=\"_Hlk126916518\" id=\"_Hlk126916518\">\u201cset up to divert or discourage women from having abortions\u201d <\/a>Writers are warned against \u201c<\/i>potentially<i> misleading terms\u201d Like \u201cpregnancy resource centers or pregnancy counseling centers.\u201d <\/i>[Emphasis mine.]<\/div>\n<p><i> <\/i><br \/>The following response was provided <i>The Daily Signal<\/i>Thomas Glessner, president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates was direct:<\/p>\n<div><i>\u201cIt\u2019s disgraceful that so-called journalistic professionals succumb to pro-abortion political activists to do their bidding\u2026 These centers are the backbone of the pro-life movement, serving as boots-on-the-ground representatives of a movement that cares deeply for both mom and baby. [Again,] it\u2019s a disgrace that the media have taken such an active stance against these centers, especially at a time in our history when women really need help, acknowledgement, and someone to lean on during a difficult time.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a dangerous and difficult time for the Pro-Life movement.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><i>The AP\u2019s pregnancy center definition follows at least 80 attacks against pregnancy centers since the leak of the Supreme Court\u2019s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade in early May, according to the Catholic Vote tracker. The centers provide free financial and medical support to new and pregnant mothers. Abortion advocates have spray-painted them with anarchist symbols and messages.<\/i><\/div>\n<p>This is yet another example of the Apparatchik Press\u2019 and the entire Left\u2019s war on the Pro-Life movement. The Left\u2019s goal is to unilaterally \u201cdeadname\u201d Pro-Life movement and muscle its transition in the public\u2019s mind as hateful extremists, which the AP made clear in December when it \u201cissued guidelines on abortion in December, prohibiting the use of \u2018pro-life\u2019 and instead advising \u2018anti-abortion or abortion-rights.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Apparatchik Press, and the Left in general, seem to have little concern about the fact that the war against the Pro-Life movement in particular and crisis pregnancy centres in particular has contributed to the escalation of violence against them and their support. Little cogitation, let alone consternation, has occurred regarding how the arbitrary, weaponized rebranding of the Pro-Life movement has helped obfuscate the Biden administration ignoring violence against crisis pregnancy centers and other pro-life entities, while actively engaging in the persecution of the movement\u2019s supporters. This begs the question of how long it will take for the A.P. appends the modifiers \u201cextremist\u201d  \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d This coercively named movement is it?<\/p>\n<p>Doubtless, the new epithets will occur long before the Apparatchik Press\u2019 Substancebook rebrands Planned Parenthood clinics as \u201ctaxpayer funded, pro-abortion centers.\u201d Logic, objectivity, and fairness became d\u00e9class\u00e9 after the Left decided it was not enough for abortion to be \u201csafe, legal, and rare.\u201d The promotion of abortion as a positive social good was essential, since it is on the verge of becoming a secular sacrament. Recall, the AP\u2019s professed rationale for their arbitrary rebranding, namely how crisis pregnancy centers are \u201cset up to divert or discourage women from having abortions.\u201d Evidently, a woman\u2019s pregnancy and her child\u2019s birth are societal injuries to be discouraged, not abortion, which is to be encouraged and protected from any dissent.<\/p>\n<p>This is what happens when woke propagandists attempt to weaponize the language against their ideological opponents by intentionally blurring the line between style and substance. \u201cBirth bad. Abortion good.\u201d Apparatchik Press Substancebook will seal your approval when you bring your bumper sticker to a shop near you.<\/p>\n<p>There is a better approach, which affirms both the dignity and sanctity of human life as well as the independence and objectivity that the press can provide. But it would require an open mind\u2026 An open heart.<\/p>\n<p>As the president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America\u2019s Charlotte Lozier Institute, Chuck Donovan, told <i>The Daily Signal<\/i>:<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div><i>\u201cOffer(ing) love and practical resources\u2026[Pregnancy help centers] help everyone and their doors are open to women who seek counseling and support after all forms of pregnancy loss. It is well past time that the AP Guide\u2019s authors visit some of the thousands of thriving centers everywhere in the U.S. and get the guide back to a standard of high-quality reportorial content and ethics.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n<div>I am hesitant to violate the Apparatchik Substancebook&#8217;s guidelines. \u201cAmen.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><strong><em>The Hon. Thaddeus G. McKotter (M.C. Ret. represented Michigan\u2019s 11th Congressional district from 2003-2012, and served as Chair of the Republican House Policy Committee. Although he is not a lobbyist, his public speaking skills are well-known and he is also a moderator for seminars on public policy. He is also a Monday host of the Monday Morning Show. &#8220;John Batchelor Radio Show,&#8221; There are many media appearances.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I raised the rhetorical question last summer about the censorship in civic discourse. \u201cWho Makes These Rules?\u201d The patent solution is that of the self-anointed \u201cwoke\u201d The cult believes it is entitled to transmogrify language beyond recognition as part of their fatal ideological vanity project of recreating humanity and perfecting human relations through identity politics &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1845415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[18526,8861,8864,4604,18527,8865],"class_list":["post-1845412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-apparatchik","tag-hon","tag-mccotter","tag-press","tag-substancebook","tag-thaddeus"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1845412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1845415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1845412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1845412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1845412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}