Conservative correctness

{{cquote|Ironically, the administration’s efforts to restrict language tied to '[[woke]]' ideology somewhat mirrored the language-control strategies that critics, often conservatives, had previously condemned as examples of 'woke' overreach.|||The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University<ref name="FSPGU">Julia Swerdin (March 20, 2025). [https://freespeechproject.georgetown.edu/tracker-entries/trump-administration-restricts-use-of-words-considered-woke/ "Trump administration restricts use of words considered “woke”"]. ''The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University''.</ref>}}
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'''Right-Wing Political Correctness''' ('''RWPC'''),<ref>[http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/the-new-political-correctness/ "The New Political Correctness"], Paul Krugman</ref> also '''Conservative Correctness''' ('''CC''') or '''Patriotic Correctness''' ('''PC'''),<ref>[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/rhe/summary/v033/33.2.holley.html ''Patriotic Correctness''] is the title of a 2010 book by John K. Wilson.</ref> is a brand of [[political correctness]] practiced by [[conservative]]s. While left-wing political correctness (LWPC) attempts to minimize offense through the ([[euphemism treadmill|often endless]]) [[Newspeak|rebranding]] of certain words to be neutral or inclusive, RWPC rebrands terms to ''increase'' offense, ''increase'' scorn, and [[Rove's Law|''increase'' political bias]]. For example, [[homosexuality]] isn't RWPC; instead, we should use "[[Appeal to nature|unnatural]] [[Homophobia|vice]]",<ref name=UV1 /><ref name=UV2 /><ref name=UV3 /> in order to appeal to people's (here, hateful) [[religious]] [[belief]]s over [[science]] and [[tolerance]]. (Not that conservative correctness ''has'' to be religious in nature; it can also appeal to [[nationalism]], [[tribalism]], or other 
irrational
 [[wingnut]]ty [[worldview]]s.) All too often, people confuse this with [[Politically incorrect|political incorrectness]] due to both being against liberal political correctness, though political incorrectness is equally against both.

This page is an "English to Right-Wing Politically Correct" translation guide.

==Origins==
The first recorded uses of the term "conservative correctness" were made by Michael Fauntroy<ref> Michael K Fauntroy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150413224425/http://www.michaelfauntroy.com/site/index.php/site/comments/from_political_correctness_to_conservative_correctness/ From Political Correctness to Conservative Correctness] (www.michaelfauntroy.com, 21st May, 2004)</ref> and Bill Scher.<ref>Bill Scher. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070210074821/http://www.liberaloasis.com/2007/02/conservative_correctness.php Conservative Correctness], (www.liberaloasis.com, 8th February 2007)</ref>

Thomas Frank, in his book ''What's the Matter With Kansas?'', claims that modern conservative politics is born out of an outraged reaction to the increasing tolerance of American society. The goal is not to [[Reactionary|roll back the social order]], but merely to get people outraged and make them vote. Think of the [[War on Christmas]] or the millionfold concerns about [[sharia]] in [[America]]. Or as Frank wrote: "As culture war, the backlash was born to lose. Its goal is not to win cultural battles but to take offense, conspicuously, vocally, even [[gay|flamboyantly]]. Indignation is the great aesthetic principle of backlash culture."<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2017/01/14/americans-overwhelmingly-support-bernie-sanders-economic-policies-so-howd-we-end-up-here/ Americans overwhelmingly support Bernie Sanders’ economic policies — so how’d we end up here?]</ref>

==Terms==

===LGBT===
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|rowspan=4|'''Gay'''/'''lesbian'''/'''homosexual''' aren't RWPC.
|rowspan=4|These terms imply homosexuality is something real — and something ''tolerable''.
|Instead, use '''[[Appeal to nature|unnatural]] [[Homophobia|vice]]'''.<ref name=UV1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110413165402/http://www.americanindependent.com/178239/christian-conservatives-discuss-strategy-for-fighting-war-against-gays-start-with-semantics Christian conservatives discuss strategy for fighting war against gays: Start with semantics]</ref><ref name=UV2>[http://religiondispatches.org/right-wingers-say-gay-is-out-but-try-putting-unnatural-vice-on-a-bumper-sticker/ Right Wingers Say “Gay” is Out, But Try Putting “Unnatural Vice” On a Bumper Sticker]</ref><ref name=UV3>[https://www.tfpstudentaction.org/blog/12-quotes-against-sodomy-that-every-catholic-should-know  12 Quotes Against Sodomy That Every Catholic Should Know]</ref> Homosexuality is a [[sin]] — just like [[List of actions prohibited by the Bible|murder 
or eating shellfish
]]!
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|Instead, use '''anti-Christian'''.<ref name=AC1>[https://arcapologetics.org/culture/pro-homosexuality-or-anti-christian/ Pro-Homosexuality or Anti-Christian?]</ref><ref name=AC2>[https://web.archive.org/web/20251124210648/https://www.conservapedia.com/Best_arguments_against_homosexuality Best arguments against homosexuality]</ref><ref name=AC3>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120503062155/http://www.reasonablefaith.org/a-christian-perspective-on-homosexuality A Christian Perspective on Homosexuality]</ref> [[DARVO|Christians don't hate gays — we just don't want their beliefs pushed on us]].
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|Instead, use '''alternative lifestyle'''.<ref name=AC2/><ref>[http://www.gospelway.com/morality/homosexuality.php Homosexuality and Gay Liberation: Alternate Lifestyle Or Immorality?]</ref><ref>[http://www.churchesofgod.info/article-homosexuality-an-alternative-lifestyle Homosexuality: Alternative Lifestyle?]</ref> Those gays [[other|just aren't like us]]. Note: For [[Dick Hafer|some right-wingers]], '''alternative lifestyle''' isn't RWPC enough — use '''[[Moral panic|alternative deathstyle]]'''.<ref>[http://www.ep.tc/problems/28/ HOMOSEXUALITY: LEGITIMATE ALTERNATE DEATHSTYLE]</ref>  Homosexuality 
reduces the surplus population
 kills, kids!
|-
|Instead, use [[scare quotes]] for the words '''"homosexual"''', '''"lesbian"''', or '''"gay"'''.<ref>See: [[WND]]</ref> For the properly RWPC mind, these aren't real things.
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|rowspan=4|'''[[Transgender]]''' isn't RWPC.
|rowspan=4|As with the previous example, this implies that transgender people actually exist and are not simply deluded freaks.
|Instead, use '''mental illness/disorder'''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201126171613/https://cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/johns-hopkins-psychiatrist-transgender-mental-disorder-sex Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’], ''CNS News'', November 26, 2020</ref>
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|Instead, use phrases like '''[[cult]]''',<ref>[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-cult-of-transgender/ The Cult of Transgender], ''The American Conservative'', August 10, 2016.</ref> '''religion''',<ref>[https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/01/20547/ Transgenderism: A State-Sponsored Religion?], ''Public Discourse'', January 24, 2018.</ref> and '''ideology'''.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/transgender-ideology-riddled-contradictions-here-are-the-big-ones Transgender Ideology Is Riddled With Contradictions. Here Are the Big Ones.], ''Heritage Foundation'', February 9, 2018.</ref>
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|Instead, use '''fad''' or '''trend'''.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/03/transgenderism_a_dangerous_new_fad.html Transgenderism: A dangerous new fad], ''American Thinker'', March 2, 2021.</ref> Just ignore it, it'll go away eventually.
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|Instead, refer to trans women as '''[[Biological sex|biological males]]''' and vice versa.<ref>[https://theconversation.com/are-trans-women-biologically-male-the-answer-is-complicated-244465 Are trans women ‘biologically male’? The answer is complicated], ''The Conversation'', December 3, 2024.</ref>
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|rowspan=2|'''[[Homophobia|Homophobic]]''' and '''anti-gay''' aren't RWPC.
|rowspan=2|These terms imply right-wingers hate gays. [[DARVO|Right-wingers don't hate gays — we just don't want their beliefs pushed on us]]. This is ''especially'' true for legislation that allows businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals or groups.
|Instead, use '''[[pro-family]]'''.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2010/18-anti-gay-groups-and-their-propaganda 18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/04/24/are-family-values-outdated/pro-family-need-not-be-anti-gay Are ‘Family Values’ Outdated?]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010218005330/http://www.profamilynetwork.org/ Pro-Family Network: Because It Takes a Father and a Mother to Raise a Child]</ref> It's a ''fact'' that homosexuality destroys families, ''a la'' the [[Family Research Council]].
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|Instead, use '''defending [[Religious freedom|religious liberty]]'''.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-states-antigay-battle-20160325-snap-htmlstory.html Some call it religious freedom, others call it anti-gay]</ref><ref>[http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/gop_senator_introduces_anti_gay_pro_discrimination_federal_amendment GOP US Senator Introduces Anti-Gay Pro-Discrimination ‘Religious Freedom’ Amendment]</ref><ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/anti-gay-activism-trumps-religious-freedom-at-un-family-event/ Anti-Gay Activism Trumps Religious Freedom At UN 'Family' Event]</ref><ref>[http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/04/anti-gay_religious_freedom_laws_arent_about_religion_or_freedom_commentary.html Anti-gay 'religious freedom' laws aren't about religion or freedom]</ref> It's a ''fact'' that homosexuality destroys Christianity.
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|'''Gay wedding''' and '''gay marriage''' aren't RWPC.
|These terms imply that gays can wed and that gays can marry.
|Instead, use [[scare quotes]] around '''gay "wedding"''' and '''gay "marriage"'''.<ref>Breitbart.com: Enter at your own risk.[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/22/homosexual-marriage-loses-massively-in-slovenia/ "Homosexual 'Marriage' Loses Massively in Slovenia"]</ref><ref>[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/as-decision-on-gay-marriage-looms-debate-divides-taiwan As decision on gay ‘marriage’ looms, debate divides Taiwan]</ref> Or call it '''parody marriage'''.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/slew-state-local-bills-are-targeting-lgbtq-people-n849966 Slew of state and local bills are targeting LGBTQ people]</ref>
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|rowspan=2|'''Heterosexual marriage''' isn't RWPC either.
|rowspan=2|This term implies that there is any kind of marriage other than male-female marriage.
|Instead, use '''[[Appeal to nature|natural marriage]]''' or '''[[Appeal to tradition|traditional marriage]]'''.<ref>The Daily Beast [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/27/the-family-research-council-s-natural-marriage-fight.html "What Is ‘Natural Marriage?’"]</ref> When studied in their native habitat, humans will ''naturally'' arrange expensive alcohol-infused family gatherings before they have sex. That's just God's way.
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|Instead, use '''Biblical marriage'''. The benefits of this term should be obvious. Just don't mention all the [[Newt Gingrich|Biblical]] [[Donald Trump|divorces]], or the polygamous marriages found in the Old Testament.
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|'''Gay civil rights''' isn't RWPC.
|This term implies that gays have civil rights.
|Instead, use '''having homosexuality [[Oral sex|"shoved down our throats"]]''' by the insidious '''[[gay agenda]]'''. Remember, [[DARVO|Right-wingers don't hate gays — we just don't want their beliefs pushed on us]].
|-
|'''They''' isn't RWPC.
|This term doesn't properly clarify that two genders and ''only'' two genders exist.
|Instead, say '''man and woman''' or '''men and women''', to avoid people claiming more exists. If uncertain about the person's gender or speaking generically where an individual's gender is irrelevant, say '''he'''. '''They''' is only okay for genderless objects. [[Sarcasm|Remember, gender and sex are one and the same]]!

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|'''[[Haggard's Law]]''' ''definitely'' isn't RWPC.
|This term implies that morally upstanding right-wingers ever have flawed morality.
|Instead, just '''ignore any cases of gay Republicans'''. Especially gay [[Ted Haggard|Republican pastors]], gay [[Larry Craig|Republican Congressmen]], and those 
suggestively named
 sissy [[Log Cabin Republicans|Log Cabin]] guys.

|-
|Even '''[[Cross-dressing|drag queen]]''' isn't RWPC.
|It doesn't properly convey that cross-dressing [[Homosexual recruitment|sexualizes children]].
|Instead, use '''trans stripper'''. It has a more lurid set of connotations and shifts the debate to sexualization.<ref>[[Christopher Rufo]] via the Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/06/23/drag-queen-story-hour/ "Drag queens are not the ones sexualizing drag story hour"]; and yes, that last sentence is a direct quote</ref>
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===Global warming===
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|'''Climate change''' isn't RWPC.
|That's altogether [[War on Science|too science-y]].
|Just… don't say anything. Follow the lead of [[Florida]] Governor [[Rick Scott]] and ban "climate change" in totality 
because he needed a [[safe space]] for his ignorance of science
.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150319193643/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/gov-ricks-scott-anti-science-purge-begins-state-employee-banned-for-uttering-climate-change/ Gov Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering climate change]</ref>
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|'''Climate scientist''' isn't RWPC.
|This implies that people who've spent their lives studying the climate could think that global warming is, you know, ''real''.
|Instead, use '''[[warmist]]''',<ref name=JS1>[https://junkscience.com/2013/09/study-claimed-warmist-consensus-of-97-1-actually-only-0-3/ Study: Claimed warmist consensus of 97.1% actually only 0.3%!]</ref><ref name=JS2>[http://www.climatedepot.com/2013/09/14/warmist-consensus-found-to-be-just-a-pr-campaign-climategater-admits-cook-paper-a-damp-squib/ Warmist ‘consensus’ found to be just a PR campaign: Climategater admits Cook paper ‘a damp squib’]</ref> or better yet, '''alarmist'''.
|-
|Neither is ''global warming consensus''.
|This implies that most climate scientists think that global warming is ''real''.
|Instead, use '''warmist consensus'''.<ref name=JS1 /><ref name=JS2 />
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|'''[[Global warming denier]]''' isn't RWPC.
|That's just too honest.
|Instead, use '''global warming [[pseudoskepticism|skeptic]]'''.<ref>[http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/fight-misinformation/global-warming-skeptic.html#.WFq0CPkrI6Q Global Warming Skeptic Organizations (2013)]</ref><ref>[http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ten-most-important-climate-change-skeptics-2009-7 The 10 Most-Respected Global Warming Skeptics]</ref><ref>[http://www.climate-skeptic.com/ Climate Skeptic]</ref> We're [[JAQing off|just asking questions]], see?
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|'''Reducing fossil fuel dependence''' isn't RWPC.
|That almost sounds patriotic!
|Instead, use '''war on [[coal]]'''.<ref>Michael Grunwald, [http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/05/inside-war-on-coal-000002 Inside the war on coal], ''Politico'', May 25, 2015.</ref>
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|'''Climate movement''' isn't RWPC.
|Calling it a "movement" almost makes it sound like it has legitimate concerns.
|Instead, call it a '''religion'''.<ref>Walter E. Williams, [https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2010/01/13/global-warming-is-a-religion-n1237766 Global Warming Is a Religion], ''[[Townhall.com|Townhall]]'', January 13, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://listverse.com/2019/09/26/climate-change-religion/ 10 Creepy Reasons Climate Change Is Starting To Look Like A Religion], ''Listverse'', September 26, 2019.</ref>
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|}

===Jingoist===
*During the anti-[[German]] hysteria of [[World War I]], Sauerkraut became "Liberty cabbage," Hamburgers became "Liberty steak," Frankfurters became "Liberty sausage," Dachshunds became "Liberty dogs," German measles became "Liberty measles" (you'd think they'd want to keep the one killing civilians associated with their enemy, but [[Public relations|marketing]] wasn't nearly as much of a thing at the time), and German Shepherds became "Police dogs" (or in the [[United Kingdom]], "Alsatians"). Liberty does not work that way.<ref group=note>However, we can all agree that "Liberty Measles" is an objectively amazing name for a disease. In fact, we should put liberty in front of all disease names. The Liberty Death. The Liberty Cold. Liberty Cholera. Liberty COVID.</ref>
*The rebranding of "[[French]] fries" as "[[Freedom fries]]" in the [[Congress]]ional cafeteria after the French refused to support the [[Iraq War|invasion of Iraq]] in 2003. Subsequent extention went into "Freedom toast" for French toast.<ref group=note>"French fries" originated in [[Belgium]], where they are called "pommes de terre frites" or simply "frites". "French toast" has its origins in the 14th century German dish "Arme Ritter" ("Poor Knights"). Legend has it that the dish was popularized by an 18th century [[New York]] tavern keeper named Joseph French and was called "French's toast." Somewhere along the way, the apostrophe and letter "S" vanished.</ref>
*The U.S. Department of Energy has called natural gas "Freedom Gas" and "molecules of freedom".<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/freedom-gas-us-energy-department-refers-to-natural-gas-as-freedom-gas-in-new-press-release/ Energy Department refers to natural gas as "freedom gas" in press release]</ref> Think fossil fuels are a bad idea? Well, then you obviously hate freedom too!
*"Mediterranean" food instead of "[[Middle East]]ern"!
*"Crisis" or "conflict" instead of [[war]] — other mindbogglingly complex evasive terms are invented as needed. We expect "disagreement" might be next.
*"[[Homicide bombing]]."
*"Hard-working Americans" (also known as [[Jesusland|"normal" or "regular" Americans]]) — anyone who votes for the right, but is not rich enough to gain any benefit from voting for the right — so the only reason they do so is to feel "[[Protestant work ethic|included]]".
*"True American Values" or something similar to describe a specific set of [[wingnut]] beliefs.
*"[[Patriotism]]" to the point of being [[nationalist]]ic, where American [[culture]] and values are thought to be [[American exceptionalism|superior to every other nation's cultures and values]]. 
*Opposition to the burning of American flags, which many conservatives believe should be outright illegal. Often, the opposition has the [[emotional appeal]] of "soldiers died for the flag!" For a particularly head-explodey form of wingnut fury, burn a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate flag]].
*"Anti-American" or "un-American" to describe to those who are against policies of the U.S. government. Strangely, [[Secession#Texas|Texas secession movements]] are never really labelled this way.
*America's Sacred Heroes, whether military members or police officers, shall never be criticized. Deflecting discussions of [[police brutality]] with the emotional "police are heroes and save lives" third-grade level argument. 
**Following the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner by police, Fox News and right-wing media showed a ''lot'' of police apologist CC. After the killings of New York City police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in retaliation for the death of Garner (clearly inexcusable, to be sure), it just got worse. Many police officers showed CC by turning their backs whenever mayor Bill De Blasio, who ''dared'' suggest that police treatment of black Americans is an issue, spoke at press conferences or the officers' funerals. Classy bunch.<ref>[http://pix11.com/2014/12/20/video-nypd-officers-turn-away-from-mayor-de-blasio-as-he-enters-police-presser/ VIDEO: NYPD officers turn away from Mayor de Blasio as he enters police presser for murdered cops]</ref>
**Also, various police unions and organizations urged a boycott of Quentin Tarantino's Western film ''The Hateful Eight'', after Tarantino dared speak out against police brutality at a New York City rally in October 2015.<ref>Maria Puente, "[http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/10/30/new-cop-union-plus-his-dad-join-tarantino-boycott-condemnation/74868182/ Tarantino's dad joins police union in condemnation]." ''USA Today'': Oct. 30, 2015.</reF>
*America doesn't have [[Aristocracy|social classes]]. We have ''economic'' classes which are not at all the same — totally distinct — as social classes!
*Don't you dare sit down for the national anthem. Show some respect! And don't even '''think''' about kneeling.

===Liberals===
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| rowspan=3 | '''Liberal''' is only kind-of RWPC.
| rowspan=3 | On the one hand, it's a very useful way to smear policies as tainted by the liberal media/academia conspiracy (see below). On the other hand, liberalism sounds too much like "liberty".
|Instead, call them '''coastal elites'''. They just don't understand us hard-working real Americans.
|-
|Instead, call them '''bleeding-heart liberals'''.
|-
|Instead, [[Red-baiting|call them]] '''[[communism|communists]]'''. You totally won't look ridiculous to people who actually know what communism is!
|-
|'''[[Progressive]]''' isn't RWPC.
|They're all just liberals!
|Instead, call them '''liberal'''. Group all liberals into one unified mass.
|-
|'''[[Democratic Party]]''' isn't RWPC.
|"Democratic" sounds like a good thing. But Democrats are bad, obviously.
|Instead, use '''[[Fun:Democrat Party|Democrat Party]]'''. Emphasis on ''rat''.  Or even ''[[Demon]]rat'', if you're especially spittle-flecked that day.
|-
| rowspan=4 | '''Calling [[bullshit]]''', '''pointing out [[bigotry]]''', or, indeed, '''expressing disagreement''' aren't RWPC.
| rowspan=4 | This implies that there's reasonable room to disagree with conservatism.
|Instead, you're ''"'''[[Political correctness|offended]]'''"'', leaving me free to [[Conservative bias|reject all of your arguments]] out of hand.
|-
|Instead, call them a '''[[Social Justice Warrior]]''' or '''Snowflake'''. These are wonderful catchall terms for anybody who thinks poor, female, or brown people matter. (Anyone who whines about "SJWs", "Tumblerinas", or "Snowflakes" is most likely a perpetually-offended teenager. You have to go so out of your way to be offended by such a small microcosm of social media. Look at [[Reddit|/r/tumblrinaction]]:<ref group=note>Which actually got banned sometime in 2021 for running afoul of Reddit's anti-hate policies, and subsequently migrated to [[Saidit]].</ref> The way Tumblr works, you have to either [[Nutpicking|follow or actively look for]] these types of posts.)
|-
|No longer is it ten different groups "offended" by ten different things; behold '''The Perpetually Offended''', a carefully-cultivated superbeast of [[Straw man|pure, permanent, irrational indignation]]. [[Misogyny|For some strange reason]], they all tend to look like "unattractive" college-age women. [[Tumblr]] comes up ''very'' often.
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|If action is taken, or even suggested, call it '''[[Cancel culture]]''' and '''[[Censorship]]'''. Also use this as a RWPC term for any present-day boycott (except the good, RWPC ones aimed at shutting down wokeness and other reprehensible things).
|-
|Relatively [[moderate]] politicians (e.g. Bill Clinton or Barack Obama) aren't RWPC.
|A good conservative never compromises. [[Partisan|Bipartisanship]] is a dirty word.
|Instead, call them '''[[socialist]]''' for [[RINO|not being conservative enough]]. Consider using '''[[Marxist]]''', '''[[Leninist]]''', and even '''[[Maoist]]''' or '''[[Stalinist]]''' when socialist isn't scary enough.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/muslim-marxist-obama-must-be-removed-now/ Muslim-Marxist Obama must be removed now!]</ref><ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/obama-a-leninist-and-a-racist/ Obama: A Leninist and a racist]</ref> If you aren't in a red-baiting mood, consider "far-left" instead.
|-
|'''[[Black Lives Matter]]''' isn't RWPC.
|The name sounds like it only cares about the 
darkies
 blackies and not us!
|Instead, say '''All Lives Matter''' or '''[[Blue Lives Matter]]''' because it includes all the oppressed conservatives and the poor police officers that are the only ones respecting the law anymore!
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===Policy===
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| rowspan=2 | '''Welfare''' isn't RWPC.
| rowspan=2 | That doesn't sound too bad.
|Instead, use '''free stuff''' or '''handouts'''. 'Cause it's a dank meme to cry "free stuff!!" without actually discussing the merits of something that nearly every other developed first-world government provides for its people.<ref group=note>Maybe if we keep our voting base agitated enough, they won't notice how good the quality of life is over there compared to America.</ref>
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|Instead, use '''entitlements'''. Those '''[[welfare queen]]s''' think they're entitled to free stuff!<ref group=note>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108021112/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-05/republican-heavy-counties-eat-up-most-food-stamp-growth But only use this term for welfare recipients in blue states.]</ref> In the UK, these people are referred to as “scroungers”, regardless of what welfare benefit they are claiming or why.
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|'''Universal healthcare''' isn't RWPC.
|That sounds kinda good.
|Instead, use '''socialized medicine''' to describe health care systems like [[Medicare]]. This term was made famous by [[Ronald Reagan]] in his 1961 record ''Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine''. Cry "Communism" if so inclined.
|-
|'''Tolerance''' is ''definitely'' not RWPC.
|[[DARVO|Conservatives aren't intolerant! Liberals are the ones destroying America!]]
|Instead, imply that their ideology is based on '''feels, not reals'''.<ref group=note>This week we are calling fraternity and kindness "fee-fees", and anyone who has them in any form a "cuck," according to the Liberty Home Office. Check your inbox.</ref> This is also a great place to recycle "snowflake" or "SJW" as if you thought up those terms yourself.
|-
|Articulate gays, women, or black people aren't RWPC.
|nope nope nope nope
|Instead, blame [[Cultural Marxism]]. (The biggest irony in all of this is that {{wpl|Cultural Bolshevism}} was a term exclusively employed by Nazis.)
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| rowspan=3 | '''Journalists''', '''News''', '''Media''', and '''Free Press''' aren't RWPC.
| rowspan=3 | All of these have positive connotations. Yet demonizing the media is now a conservative hallmark.
|Instead, use "[[liberal media]]". Remember: Conservatism is under assault, and those coastal journalists are to blame.
|-
|Instead, use '''[[mainstream media]]'''. If you're ''really'' RWPC, use '''lamestream media'''. In Britain, use '''[[Brexit|Remainstream media]]'''. Conservatives just don't kowtow to mainstream news, see?
|-
|Instead, call every news outlet '''[[fake news]]''' and deny everything they say.
|-
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===[[Libertarian]]===
*"Libertarian" (in the US at least) is the new "Independent": a label which allows people to lie to themselves about being free-thinkers as they consistently side with the GOP base. Oddly, they tend to skew even [[Fascism|farther right]], so the "embarrassed Republican" epithet isn't totally accurate.<ref>Lind, Michael, [http://www.salon.com/2014/05/10/libertarians_scary_new_star_meet_bryan_caplan_the_rights_next_great_philosopher/ "Libertarians’ scary new star: Meet Bryan Caplan, the right’s next “great” philosopher"], Salon.</ref> There ''are'' consistent Libertarians, like [[Thomas DiLorenzo|DiLorenzo]], but the world they describe is so scary that most libertarians pick and choose which tenets to follow. [[Libertarian paradise|A pure libertarian society]] would likely result in a [[failed state]].<ref>Lyngar, Edwin, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150303082822/http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/honduras-sold-libertarian-paradise-i-went-and-discovered-capitalist-nightmare "Honduras Is Sold as a Libertarian Paradise — I Discovered a Capitalist Nightmare"], AlterNet.</ref>
**"Socially liberal". Like Göring, reach for your revolver.<ref>[[Jonah Goldberg|Goldberg, Jonah]], [http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/338058/being-socially-liberal-not-being-libertarian-jonah-goldberg "Being ‘Socially Liberal’ Is Not Being a Libertarian"], ''[[National Review]]'', 1.18.13. '''Goldberg''': "People who say they are socially liberal often call themselves libertarians and many libertarians call themselves socially liberal. But libertarianism and liberalism on social issues are not the same thing." (Fucking ''[[Stopped clock|Goldberg]]'' said this!)</ref><ref>Carmon, Irin, [http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/koch-brother-im-social-liberal "Koch brother: I’m a social liberal"], [[MSNBC]], 12.14.14.</ref>
**Thanks, right wing, for ruining the term "classical liberal". Classical Liberal used to mean [[Thomas Hobbes|Hobbes]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Rousseau]], [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]], [[John Locke|Locke]], etc. But they cut out all the Germans and Italians and Frenchmen, and kept only the English stuff — but only from the 18th century on, so no Hobbes. But it's nice and ethnocentric, which is just how libertarian WASP boys like it, we suppose.<ref>Ludwig von Mises, ''Liberalism'' (1929). '''[https://www.mises.org/library/liberalism-classical-tradition Mises]''': “The program of liberalism, therefore, if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production… All the other demands of liberalism result from his fundamental demand."</ref> Libertarians believe that ''their'' version of liberalism is the correct one and it has been hijacked by state propagandists under the guise of a social contract.<ref>[[Friedrich August von Hayek|Hayek, F.A.]], ''The Road to Serfdom'' (1944). '''Hayek''': “I use throughout the term ‘liberal’ in the original, nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current in Britain. In current American usage it often means very nearly the opposite of this. It has been part of the camouflage of leftish movements in this country, helped by muddleheadedness of many who really believe in liberty, that ‘liberal’ has come to mean the advocacy of almost every kind of government control."</ref> (This is what [[neoreaction|neoreactionaries]] call "the Cathedral", or, as you might know it, modern civilization as descended from the [[Enlightenment]].) If you believe what [[Heritage Foundation|Heritage]] and [[Cato Institute|Cato]] are putting out, every other industrialized nation in the world is "Classically Liberal", apart from the U.S., which has fallen under the bootheel of [[Marxism]].<ref>Buchanan, James M., [http://www.cato.org/policy-report/marchapril-2013/saving-soul-classical-liberalism "Saving the Soul of Classical Liberalism"], Cato Policy Report 2013.</ref> Which also doesn't exist anywhere else.<ref>Thomas G. West and William A. Schambra, [http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2007/07/The-Progressive-Movement-and-the-Transformation-of-American-Politics "The Progressive Movement and the Transformation of American Politics"], 7.18.07. "The [[God|Founders]] believed that all men are created equal and that they have certain inalienable rights...The [[Satanism|Progressives]] rejected these claims as naive and unhistorical. In their view, human beings are not born free. John Dewey, the most thoughtful of the Progressives, wrote that freedom is not "something that individuals have as a ready-made possession." It is "something to be achieved."" (This is an excerpt from ''Liberalism and Social Action'', published in 1935. Dewey was condemning the U.S. public school system for instilling those beliefs in children, [[Quote mining|not advocating them as the authors claim]]. Dewey is a bogeyman over at HF, sorta similar to Glenn Beck's major enemy [[Saul Alinsky]].)</ref>
*"Job creators". There always seems to be a better job ''riiight across the street.'' (Never mind that it's ultimately ''consumers'' who create jobs, since a business can't survive without them.)
*"Pro-[[business]]" or "business-friendly" to describe policies for lower taxes and fewer regulations.<ref group=note>For top corporate douchebags, they call it "churn".</ref> Also, never forget to use “small business” as an excuse even though you couldn't care less about it.
*That's not capitalism; that's [[Corporatism|CORPORATISM!!!!!]] Obviously if you had a free market, everybody would be farting rainbows.<ref>Radley Balko, [https://reason.com/archives/2008/09/24/corporatism-not-capitalism "The Free Market Has Nothing to Do With The Present Crisis"], ''Reason''.</ref>
*[[Republicans]] changing the names of committees in the [[House of Representatives]] from "[[Labour union|labor]]" to "workforce" and removing any mention of "[[civil rights]]."
* No one complains when the 1% form [[Labor union|unions]]. Then, they become "a group of like-minded businessmen", or the US Chamber of Commerce, or the [[Club for Growth]], or the [[Koch Industries|Koch-founded and funded]] [[astroturf]] organizations "[[Americans for Prosperity]]" and "[[FreedomWorks]]", or just joining a country club. Message: Unions are OK for us, but not for you, little people. ''Then'' it's socialism.
**It's totally not union busting, it's "[[Right-to-work law|Right-to-work]]".
*"[[Free market]]". Never get between a Libertarian and his government benefits. All the "Deregulation, competition, and the invisible hand of the free market" stuff goes right out the window when you try and do that. (''"The Free Market will always take the side of consumer safety — {{wpl|Ralph Nader#Automobile safety activism|except when it fights tooth and nail against it|!"}}'') The problem American consumers have is that when they see problems and want to do something to rectify them, there's a small but vocal cabal of assholes that intercede to shut that shit down.
**It's clear that libertarians are either hypocrites or think Free Market actually is an invisible libertarian superhero. Free Market only does things libertarians like, so anytime the plurality votes for something they don't like, it's obviously the fault of jack-booted thugs or communists/socialists/liberals/SJWs.<ref>Shackford, Scott, [https://reason.com/archives/2014/11/20/gamergate-consumerism-as-culture-war "How Consumers Are Influencing the Culture Battle"], ''Reason'' 11.20.14. '''Shackford''': "Do feminist gamers really want more games with better representation of women [[Just Asking Questions|or do they want validation by destroying or eliminating the games that don't provide what they want?]]" (''Let the free market decide!"'' *market data shows that more non-white dude shut-ins are playing video games than ever before* '''''STOP RUINING MUH VIDYA''''')</ref>
**The very fact that "sharing economy" exists as a term is propaganda to try and allow under-regulation. You might as well say that you shouldn't have regulations on [[oil]] companies because they're just sharing their gasoline (at a price).<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20150801054016/http://olivierblanchard.net/stop-calling-it-the-sharing-economy-that-isnt-what-it-is Stop Calling It the 'Sharing Economy'. That Isn't What It Is]", Olivier Blanchard.</ref>
*"[[Friedrich August von Hayek|Economic calculation problem]]". In any industrialized libertarian society, due to economies of scale, economic planning will largely be done by only {{wpl|Oligopoly|a handful of companies|.}} So instead of the kind of spontaneously organized libertarian utopia described in "I, Pencil",<ref>[https://mises.org/library/i-pencil I Pencil]</ref> you ironically get an economy dominated by a few interlocking [[Soviet Russia|top-down planned economies]].
*"Independent contractor". It's no secret that [[corporate]]'s attitude has always been "take our bottom line out on the employees", which means you're on salary and have to work more for the same money. Being a "contractor" means the company doesn't owe you anything. They're completely insulated from liabilities with their contracted employees, have almost zero overhead and just sit around raking in money and taking no risk. By crushing [[union|unions]] and forcing contracting and subcontracting, companies can shrug off much of their liability and force workers to bid against each other on work in a race to the bottom. Uber and nonsense schemes like this one are another way of siccing desperate proles on other desperate proles.
**It has been going on for decades in nearly every industry, and these kids act like it's the Way of the Future (it's on a smartphone so it's revolutionary). Likewise, the 'sharing economy' plays into pseudo-leftist hipsters who think small businesses and "startups" aren't capitalism. By giving it another name, they make their model seem like a novel alternative, when in reality, it's the kind of economic policy that most conservatives dream about, and will undoubtedly result in nothing novel actually happening.
*"Statist / Statism". (''"A '''federally-operated postal service!!!''' Jesus, [[Godwin's Law|just fire up the gas chamber why don't you]]?"'')
*"[[Affluenza]]". Poorfluenza probably wouldn't hold up as well in court.
*"Personal responsibility". (Translates as: ''"I am a serf, [[Respectability politics|I know my place and will obey my masters without complaint]]."'')
*Every [[Sovereign citizen]] or [[Anarcho-capitalism|ancap]] that screams about "not signing a social contract" as they are wrestled to the ground outside of a traffic court.
*[[Anarcho-capitalism|Ancaps]] say "voluntary communities" will prevent stuff like robbery and [[Internet assassination|assassination markets]]. Next we'll need some kind of committee to establish rules. We can call it a "Legislature". Then we need to put together a group that will enforce these rules — a sort of "Executive" body. Finally, whenever someone breaks a rule, we'll need to arbitrate a resolution. This could be some kind of "Judiciary". Once we have all three of these things, there'll be [http://i.imgur.com/0NpNooL.png no need for a government at all.]<ref group=note>Anarchist arguments always lead to their own idea of a state. To be fair, this exact point has been addressed and talked about for {{wpl|Leviathan (book)|literally ages|.}}</ref>
*It is argued in the economics literature that the poor operate with a higher rate of "time preference" (the fancy term for instant gratification) than their wealthier counterparts. The poor, it is suggested, have a higher rate of time preference because they are more concerned about present survival than they are about saving for the future,<ref>Wade, Nicholas, [http://time.com/91081/what-science-says-about-race-and-genetics/ "Former New York Times Science Editor: Race Is Real"], '''TIME'' 5.9.14. BREAKING NEWS: bourgeois economist finds that status quo is actually good, and justified.</ref> which is over-generalizing the issue already; in times of scarcity, poor households in [[Africa]] will often undertake extreme measures in the present, including depriving the family of needed calories, in order to preserve capital for the future. [[Austrian school|Austrians]], [[Anarcho-capitalism|Ancaps]], and the [[Ludwig von Mises Institute|Mises Institute]] guys like to use "time preference" as a measurement of IQ. See, "due process" and "no cruel and unusual punishment" are all well and good for smart, rich white folks, but those dusky "low-IQ" types have to be punished as soon as you catch them, like [[dog]]s, otherwise the punishment won't work as a deterrent. Because something something time preference.<ref>Evolutionist X, [https://evolutionistx.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/time-preference-the-most-under-appreciated-mental-trait/ "Time Preference: the most under-appreciated mental trait"], 10.2.15.</ref><ref>Llywellyn H. Rockwell [http://articles.latimes.com/1991-03-10/opinion/op-178_1_safe-streets/ on Rodney King], ''L.A. Times'' 3.10.91. '''Lewser''': "But street criminals, as economist [[Murray Rothbard|Murray N. Rothbard]] points out, have the time preference of depraved infants. The prospect of a jail sentence 12 months from now has virtually no effect."</ref>

===[[Orwellian]]===
*"[[Torture|Enhanced 
interrogation
 interview techniques]]."
*"[[Death tax]]" to refer to estate tax, calling the ''relaxation'' of [[pollution]] laws the "[[Orwellian|Clean Air Act]]", and anything else thought up by [[Frank Luntz]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130209073709/http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-5-2013/the-gop-whisperer The GOP Whisperer]</ref>  
*"[[Free speech]] zones."<ref>[http://www.amconmag.com/article/2003/dec/15/00012/ Free-Speech Zone]</ref>
*"[[Ethical oil]]," "[[clean coal]]" or any industry-backed campaign to [[Anti-environmentalism|relax environmental oversight]].
*[[Right-to-work law|"Right-to-work" laws]] to refer to anti-union laws.
*"Private Contractors" or "Private Security Firm" for [[Mercenary|mercenaries]].<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/21/family-doj-used-perjured-testimony-to-secure-guilty-verdict-on-war-vets-working-as-blackwater-guards/ Family: DOJ Used Perjured Testimony to Secure Guilty Verdict on War Vets Working as Blackwater Guards]</ref>
**If they're left-winged, [[Antifa]]. 
*Using [[scare quotes]] to describe the conservatism of dyed-in-the-wool wingnuts anytime one gets in trouble with the law. (i.e. "...'conservative' Josh Duggar...")<ref>Newsbusters.com [http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2015/08/24/abc-delights-karma-conservative-josh-duggars-fall "ABC Delights in 'Karma' of 'Conservative' Josh Duggar's Fall"]</ref>
* "Besorgte Bürger" aka "concerned citizens" for those who follow the latest right-wing scare. Be it [[Pegida]], [[Islamophobia|two menni Mooslimz]], or [[immigration|deir takin' owr jerbs!!!!]]
**Using the word "stroll"<ref group=note>The German word for stroll, "Spaziergang", is used by Pegida themselves.</ref> to describe the large anti-immigrant protests of Pegida.<ref>Breitbart.com: enter at your own risk: [http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/01/24/german-anti-islamisation-marches-what-the-mainstream-media-doesnt-want-you-to-know/ German Anti-Islamisation Marches: What the Mainstream Media Doesn’t Want You to Know]</ref>

===Pro-life===
*"[[Pro-life]]" (natch) instead of [[anti-abortion]]. 
**It takes all of a hot second to figure out what they're really opposed to is [[Premarital sex|people having sex outside of wedlock]].<ref>Sachteleben, Marilisa, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150314103916/http://www.examiner.com/article/pro-life-duggars-shun-unwed-mom-and-baby-would-they-shun-mary-and-baby-jesus "Pro-life Duggars shun unwed mom and baby, would they shun Mary and baby Jesus?"], Examiner (12/13/14 1:33 PM MST).</ref> "Blah blah blah, [[Planned Parenthood]] is Auschwitz... But I support the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]], sending 18-year-olds off to [[war]] [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PretextForWar for bullshit reasons], and [[Nuke Mecca|bombing Mecca]]." Once you're out of the womb, "pro-lifers" don't particularly care if you die. And, as polling shows, most people know that.<ref>Carroll, Lauren, [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/28/donald-trump/trump-pro-choice-polling-numbers-declining/ "Trump: Pro-choice polling numbers declining"], Politifact (6/28/15 at 3:54 p.m.).</ref>
*"Unborn baby" or "[[personhood|person]]" instead of zygote, [[embryo]], or [[fetus]]. Sometimes they also like using the made up word "preborn", which your computer will underline in a red zigzag.
*"Pro-[[abortion]]" or "pro-abort" instead of pro-choice.<ref>[http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/06/13/practicing-catholic-nancy-pelosi-calls-late-term-abortion-sacred-ground-n1619536 "Practicing Catholic" Nancy Pelosi Calls Late Term Abortion "Sacred Ground"]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130704070923/http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/06/29/an-open-letter-to-wendy-davis Pro-Abort is in there, sadly].</ref> Also, don't forget pro-death!
*"Sidewalk Counselors" for anti-abortion protesters who stand outside of clinics and intimidate anyone going in.<ref>Cosmopolitan [http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/advertorial/a32624/boston-abortion-planned-parenthood-protests/ "Abortion Clinic Protesters: 'Sidewalk Counselors' or 'Sidewalk Terrorists'?"]</ref>
*"Pregnancy Counseling" hotlines (and similar names, like "[[crisis pregnancy center]]") are often fronts for religious groups to talk pregnant women out of considering abortion. These same people are, of course, nowhere to be found once you're trying to take care of an infant as a single parent.

===[[Racist]]===
*[[Lost Cause of the South|"The War of Northern Aggression", or "The War For Southern Independence."]] ''"The only alternative to slavery is [[Moral equivalence|government subsidy!]]"'' ''The only reason we had slaves is because the government [[Whataboutism|helped catch the runaways!]]'' (And forced their owners to take them back, presumably… which is odd 'cause it was slaveholders who pushed for those kinds of laws, ''against'' state's rights in the North.)
*"Urban" to mean "black", especially in such phrases as "urban voters" or "urban culture".
*"Thug" for black men.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER0eQwzu2lo Just Call Them Niggers, Exasperated CNN Guest Tells Erin Burnett]</ref>
*"[[Racialism|Race Realism]]" or "Human Biodiversity". I'm just saying that an entire race is subhuman, can you relax jeez. (See also [[Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white|Anti-racist is code for anti-white]].)
*"[[White nationalism]]", "white identity politics", "[[alt-right]]", and various other euphemisms for [[fascism]].
*So-called "free speech rallies" that consist entirely (or [[tokenism|almost entirely]]) of white supremacists.
*"[[Anchor baby]]" instead of citizen born here to immigrants.
*"Forced association" instead of [[multiculturalism]] (the [[alt-right]] loves this).
*"Forced diversity" to describe the inclusion of minority characters in movies that literally nobody is forcing them to watch.
*"Economic migrants" instead of immigrants.
**In a similar vein, "[[refugee]]s" is often replaced with "migrants". 'Cause we don't want to focus on why people would want to leave a "shithole country"<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/immigration-north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-international-news-fdda2ff0b877416c8ae1c1a77a3cc425 Trump: Why allow immigrants from ‘shithole countries’?]</ref> now, do we?
*[[Neo-Nazism|"Exercises freedom of speech at rallies."]]
**With its cousin [[Politically incorrect|"not ''politically correct''"]] never far behind, because irony is dead.
*"International bankers" as a code word for [[International Jewish Conspiracy|Jews]].
*"[[Welfare queen]]" instead of minority women. (Even worse, this term makes no sense as most people on welfare are white, the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration ended the practice of people getting more welfare for having more kids, and people on welfare barely have more [[children]] than those not on it. That and corporations often get plenty of welfare from the government, such as with the bailouts of the too-big-to-fail banks. "Welfare Kings" might be applicable to such types, but the phrase hasn't caught on.)
*[[Racialism|"Bio-Deutsche"]]<ref group=note>German for "Bio-Germans"</ref> is a [[code word]] used by German Neo-Nazis on the net to smuggle in old [[Nazism|Nazi-style]] racialism through the back-door.
*"Migrationshintergrund"<ref group=note>literally: Background of migration or migratory background</ref> — an awful German word that is legally defined as having at least one ancestor born outside the borders of Germany after 1949. In essence it is used to discern Schwackowiak (likely Polish ancestors who immigrated in the 19th century) from Özdemir (likely Turkish ancestors who immigrated in the 1960s) even though they are all German.
*A foreigner living in Britain? Immigrant. (Or even a "bogus asylum seeker"!) A British person living abroad? An ex-pat (short for expatriate).
*Describing a red-faced wingnut as a “gammon” is a racial slur. Generally the only racial slur that’s wrong, too!
*[[Black Lives Matter]] should always be connected to [[critical race theory]]. No understanding of either term is required.
*"[[Reverse racism]]" to describe [[affirmative action]] programs.

===Religious===
*"[[Intelligent Design]]" for [[Creationism]].
*Attempts to "[[teach the controversy]]" by [[creationist]]s in [[biology]] courses, and [[global warming denier]]s in [[environmental]] [[science]] courses.<ref>[http://losalamitos.patch.com/articles/global-warming School Board Orders Global Warming Class to Include Conservative Views]</ref>
*[[Religious Right|Christian Right]] groups campaigning for more [[Family values|"family"-friendly]] programming on television with a heavy moral slant.
*"War on [[Christianity]]" instead of [[secularism]].
*[[War on Christmas]] as opposed to not assuming every customer is Christian.

===[[Tax protester]]===
*"Taxation is theft!" A platitude which instantly alienates people who, say, are victims of actual theft.
** Also, point and laugh at the idea that people would donate ''anything'' to society if the government didn't use force to take it. There's absolutely no way. The rich [[Tax haven|donate even less of a portion of their income]] as they get richer; this is well-established.<ref>Noam Scheiber and Patricia Cohen, [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/business/economy/for-the-wealthiest-private-tax-system-saves-them-billions.html "For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions"], ''[[New York Times]]'' 12.29.15.</ref>
*Calling the [[Universal health care|public option]] on health care the "government option" or something similar. It's the same goddamn thing.
*Similarly, using the term "government schools" for public education. (''OOH, de guv'ment!'')
*Instead of saying "Privatize [[Medicare]] and [[Social Security]]" just say "Save and strengthen [[Entitlement program|entitlements]]!" [[Gretchen Carlson|Sounds better, right]]?
**"[[Fiscal responsibility]]" or "Cutting the deficit/debt", is Beltway speak for privatizing [[Social Security]] and reallocating those payroll taxes to discretionary spending. That's why billionaires (and professional deficit scolds) like Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles, and their bankroller Pete Peterson opposed the sequester cuts.<ref>Greider, William [https://web.archive.org/web/20100519131419/http://www.thenation.com/article/looting-social-security "Looting Social Security"], ''[[The Nation]] 2.11.09.</ref><ref>Nichols, John, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150819054023/http://www.thenation.com/article/sequestration-austerity-not-enough-simpson-and-bowles/ "Sequestration Is Austerity, but Not Enough for Simpson and Bowles"], ''[[The Nation]]'', 2.19.13.</ref> Those cuts reduced the deficit without taking an axe to "entitlements".
*Referring to "[[Small government|smaller government]]" as "[[Reaganism|more effective and efficient government]]!"
*The moral argument against raising the [[income tax]] is that it's the money people ''work'' for. Okay, so if you want to cut that, don't also turn around and eliminate the estate tax. That's the money that people '''don't''' work for that Washington implicitly taxes ''instead'' of the normal income. Of course, the GOP just rebranded it the "death tax" and pretended it had nothing to do with inherited wealth. Instead, they're filling the tax gap with sales taxes — slamming poor people who spend most of their wages on food and utilities.

==Examples==
*The whole [[Chilling effect#The Chicks|Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) shitshow]].<ref>Leslie Horn (September 11, 2015). [https://deadspin.com/the-dixie-chicks-got-a-raw-deal-1730094687/ "The Dixie Chicks Got A Raw Deal"]. ''Deadspin''.</ref>
*The federal government, at the direction of [[Donald Trump]]'s administration, purging material for containing words considered to be "woke".<ref name="FSPGU"/> A document containing the phrase "community" or "safe drinking water" automatically deemed it worth purging.<ref>AJ Connelly (April 28, 2025). [https://pen.org/banned-words-list/ "Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship"]. ''PEN America''.</ref>
*Tomi Lahren being suspended from [[The Blaze]] over pro-choice comments.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170321150431/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/03/21/tomi-lahren-suspended-from-theblaze-following-pro-choice-comments-reports-say.html Tomi Lahren suspended from TheBlaze following pro-choice comments, reports say]</ref> And called a Nazi for making said comments.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170323194902/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/03/21/christian-extremist-says-conservative-tomi-lahren-should-be-executed-for-defending-abortion-rights Christian Extremist Says Conservative Tomi Lahren Should Be Executed for Defending Abortion Rights]</ref>
*[[David Horowitz]]'s "Academic Bill of Rights," and other poutrage stories about supposed [[political beliefs of academics|liberal bias in higher education]] regularly published by sites like ''Campus Reform'' and ''The College Fix''. The irony of such sites is that the complaints about "liberal professors" whose critiques of Republicans, religion, "traditional America", etc. '''hurt their feelings''' become [[psychological projection|a right-wing version]] of the supposedly easily-offended, "[[political correctness|politically correct]]", leftist college student that they despise, hence ''conservative'' correctness.
*[[Atheist]] billboards are insensitive to Christians.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101130221446/http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/11/29/you-know-its-a-myth-billboard-generates-controversy/ ‘You Know It’s a Myth’ Billboard Generates Controversy]</ref> The other way around ''doesn't count'', though.
*Any [[media]] coverage that is ''imperfectly'' adulatory of Christians is anti-Christian.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/throwing-down-the-religion-card/2012/05/23/gJQAET8nqU_story.html Throwing down the religion card]</ref>
*[[Barack Obama]]'s family in France is "offensive" to hard-working Americans, as opposed to Donald Trump's extensive vacations when he had loudly criticized Obama for taking noticeably ''less'' time off.
*Social conservatives like to [[censorship|ban]] books such as ''{{wpl|And Tango Makes Three}}'' and ''Jacob's New Dress'',<ref>Jackman, J. (March 24, 2017). [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/24/backlash-after-north-carolina-bans-book-about-boy-who-wears-dresses/ Backlash after North Carolina bans book about boy who wears dresses]. ''Pink News''. Retrieved March 26, 2017.</ref> since they brand them as "politically correct"; the books advance nefarious nonspecific agendas, and the books can transform vulnerable children into teh gays and transgenders. [[Psychological projection|All while the conservatives exercise ''their'' political correctness]].

==See also==
*[[Conservative bias]]
*[[Chilling effect]]
*[[Frank Luntz]]
*[[Sound science]]
*[[War on Christmas]]

==External links==
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/geometry-class-religion.php I Have Every Right to Include Religion in My Geometry Classroom]
*[http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/03/11/01_pc.html Republican Political Correctness]

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