{"id":2477646,"date":"2025-08-22T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-group-warns-dem-lawmakers-against-using-list-of-45-words-it-wont-be-easy-for-them\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:24:35","slug":"leftist-group-warns-dem-lawmakers-against-using-list-of-45-words-it-wont-be-easy-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-group-warns-dem-lawmakers-against-using-list-of-45-words-it-wont-be-easy-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Group Warns Dem Lawmakers Against Using List of 45 Words &#8211; It Won&#8217;t Be Easy for Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fleftist-group-warns-dem-lawmakers-against-using-list-of-45-words-it-wont-be-easy-for-them%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=2477646&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--><p>The article discusses two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-percentage-of-americans-who-consider-illegal-immigration-a-very-big-problem-up-20-since-june\/\" title=\"POLL: Percentage Of Americans Who Consider Illegal Immigration A \u2018Very Big Problem\u2019 Up 20% Since June\">major problems facing<\/a> the Democratic party: their apparent contempt for ordinary Americans and the authoritarian attitude that underpins this disdain. A center-left think tank, Third Way, released a memo advising Democrats to change their language to better connect with voters by avoiding certain words and phrases, such as &#8220;privilege,&#8221; &#8220;microaggression,&#8221; and &#8220;cisgender,&#8221; wich are seen as alienating. The memo categorizes problematic language into themes like &#8220;therapy-speak&#8221; and &#8220;gender\/orientation correctness.&#8221; Despite the advice to speak more like ordinary peopel, critics argue that the deeper issue is the party&#8217;s authoritarian nature and reliance on hyperbolic rhetoric, such as frequent comparisons to Nazis, which alienates voters. the article suggests that merely changing language without <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >addressing underlying attitudes<\/a> will not solve the Democrats&#8217; interaction problems or their appeal to the electorate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democrats have two serious problems, only one of which they seem willing to acknowledge.<\/p>\n<p>First, they talk as if they have contempt for ordinary Americans. Second, they talk that way because &mdash; being insufferable authoritarians &mdash; they actually do have contempt for ordinary Americans.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the center-left think tank Third Way published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thirdway.org\/memo\/was-it-something-i-said\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memo<\/a> advising Democrats to at least speak like human beings. The memo identified 45 ubiquitous words and phrases that make Democrats sound like ninnies.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Third Way did not frame it quite so harshly. But the think tank did tell the truth about why so many Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/young-men-polled-dem-manhood-laughable-result-exposes-fatal-dem-weakness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">despise modern Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For a party that spends billions of dollars trying to find the perfect language to connect to voters,&rdquo; the memo began, &ldquo;Democrats and their allies use an awful lot of words and phrases no ordinary person would ever dream of saying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The memo then divided those words and phrases into six categories.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, under &ldquo;Therapy-speak&rdquo; the think tank identified &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/never-grew-mamdanis-college-essay-white-privilege-resurfaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privilege<\/a>,&rdquo; &ldquo;othering,&rdquo; &ldquo;microaggression,&rdquo; and &ldquo;safe space&rdquo; as problems.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, under &ldquo;Gender\/Orientation Correctness&rdquo; one finds &ldquo;pregnant people,&rdquo; &ldquo;cisgender,&rdquo; &ldquo;deadnaming,&rdquo; and &ldquo;patriarchy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Friday on the social media platform X, Adam Wren of Politico provided a partial-yet-more-extensive list of words and phrases &mdash; separated from their respective categories &mdash; that the think tank has advised Democrats against using.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, d first with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/playbookdc?\">@playbookdc<\/a>, featuring a new black list of words Dems shouldn&rsquo;t use. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VhvVHZTW9C\">pic.twitter.com\/VhvVHZTW9C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Wren (@adamwren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamwren\/status\/1958859560749277548?\">August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Matt Bennett, Third Way&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">executive vice president<\/a> of public affairs, explained the memo.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are doing our best to get Democrats to talk like normal people and stop talking like they&rsquo;re leading a seminar at Antioch,&rdquo; Bennett told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2025\/08\/22\/can-dems-talk-their-way-out-of-the-wilderness-00519379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, one can hardly argue with Third Way&rsquo;s diagnosis &mdash; nor its choice of words and phrases to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the memo&rsquo;s authors seem to believe that Democrats need only to change the way they talk in order to stop coming across as loathsome.<\/p>\n<p>The problem, of course, is that most modern Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vs-u-s-study-exposes-profound-threat-authoritarian-elites-pose-ordinary-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insufferable authoritarians<\/a>. They have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-swarms-small-town-swat-team-armored-vehicles-search-jan-6-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonstrated<\/a> as much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newsom-bizarrely-responds-profanity-joe-rogan-calls-draconian-covid-mandates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">throughout the era<\/a> of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s ascendancy.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Third Way memo absolutely drips with irony. Even in acknowledging themselves as repellent scolds, they still cannot help advising one another on how to speak!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, note that one word does not appear in the memo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-puts-lefts-nazi-rally-hullabaloo-rest-asking-simple-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazi<\/a>. Until they stop using hyperbolic language that actually inverts the truth about who they are and who Trump is, Democrats will remain insufferable authoritarians, and voters will see that truth no matter how many words and phrases Democrats attempt to excise from their vocabularies.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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