THE DAILY FUDD: E283: “Be precise — Terminology, precision, and liberal trickery.”

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Colion Noir exposes the standard liberal tactic of pulling terms out of context. In any long and serious discussion, terms of convention Are virtually essential to forwarding the discussion. If every statement has to be explained every single time, it will obviously become laborious and unwieldy. Liberals attempted to silence, discussions by twisting terms, ignoring context, and trying to force the good guys into simply giving up our of exhaustion.

Part of the answer, and I don’t know how much he did this in the first video, is to lay out the definition and context of terms extremely precisely from the beginning. This can be done in bullet point form, but often times simply with brief clauses:

“The modern AR15 available on the civilian market…”

“The AR15, referring to the rifle currently available in the civilian market,…”

“‘AR15’ in the modern setting refers to the civilian analog of the M-16/M4 military rifles.”

I actually knew the original full-auto version was called “AR15.” And in the back of my head, I always get a little alarm when I use the term to refer exclusively to the civilian version. But as I said, without terms of convention, discussion becomes unwieldy. But I do make a point – and now I will make more of a point – to set terminology straight in future discussions. 

Also, his detractor makes a point about the term “M4.” For years I rejected using that term as a reference to an AR configuration — shorter than 20-inch barrel and telescoping stock. I confess I have in recent years let that slip. But often I will say “M4 configuration“ in order to avoid the accusation that I am referring to the military-issue M4. 

So be academically accurate in your terminology. Avoid Teabrainery and opinions on what things mean. Noir even notes how slight mistakes by the good guys can be used to discredit the good guys.

But at the same time, do not let this reality drive you off from discussions. Remember, our enemies are not after facts. The non-after persuasion nearly so much as they are after our silence. They don’t need to win over active opponents, or even necessarily convince the vast swath in the middle. They simply need to silence opposition. They don’t need your affirmative assent. They’ll settle for your passive consent.

Of course, our enemies will continue to twist terminology. It’s all they have. And so long as we permit “freedom of speech,“ we will have to struggle with this substantively unnecessary fight.








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