r/politics • u/Zen1 Oregon • Jul 12 '25

Paywall ICE officers doxxed by antifa, anarchists in Portland, Noem says

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/07/ice-officers-doxxed-by-antifa-anarchists-in-portland-dhs-says.html
15.1k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

944 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

887

u/ATLfalcons27 Jul 12 '25

These people always co.opt and corrupt the usage and meaning of words

403

u/Neat_On_The_Rocks Jul 12 '25

I genuinely believe Letting them take “fake news” was the true beginning of the end lol

191

u/EarthAbundance84 Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

Naw, they started this with the word “entitled” back in the 1980s. Now people think “entitled” means its opposite. So that way when people talk about the services we are entitled to (Medicare,Medicaid, Social Security, Unemployment) because we paid for them, they can make it sound like it’s something we’re not entitled to.

4

u/songsofsilk Jul 12 '25

Both of you are right, but no I think them taking the word “patriot” was the beginning of the end. No only the Republican / MAGA vision is patriotic, and any different vision is categorically unthinkable. Nope, when Democrats call themselves a patriot they are faking their love of country, and are plotting on doing _________, because they actually hate it.

We need to take patriot back. Honestly it’s exhausting and insufferable watching these people turn that word against me.