Some definitions / terminology from the MSM

Some word and phrase definitions courtesy of the MSM. What they say vs. what they really mean:

• Religious freedom = Islamic terrorism, or belief in any religion other than Christianity
• Freedom of speech = porn/hate speech/treason/sedition/disloyalty to the U.S.
• Hypocrite = usually a Christian
• Negative ads = a Republican smear against the left
• Rule of law = judicial activism and judges who make law rather than uphold it
• Lawsuit = legal vengeance
• Pursuit of happiness = narcissism; too much emphasis on self, and not enough on the planet or the environment ("group think")
• Sex = an irresistible and natural impulse that cannot and should not be controlled, and can occur consensually between anyone of any age
• Political campaign = scorched-earth policy, mud-slinging, and hate mongering
• Taxing the rich = Democratic payback
• Conservative = backwater, uneducated, unenlightened, gun-toting religious nut
• Flyover country = trailer trash (aka Palin supporters)
• Obscene = Liberal pejorative applied to 'outrageous' corporate profits; not, however, applicable to pornographic magazines or motion pictures.
• Hate crime = anything construed as a crime committed by someone that impacts anyone in any way who belongs to a minority race or anyone who is gay, lesbian, or transgendered.
• Extremist = Anyone on the right (usually Christians) who believes in God, country, family, the Second Amendment, is pro-life, believes in our country's sovereignty, the Constitution, and has conservative morals and values. This term never applies to the left.
• Multicultural = raising the importance of any and every race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, far above and excluding that of the white race, who is looked at as a blight upon the world, and is credited as being the reason for all of its ills.
• Meaningful dialogue = A "dialogue" where the the Left feels free to give the only opinion that they feel is correct—their own—yet anything the Right might raise to counter this opinion is invalidated, condemned and/or ridiculed.
• Fascism = Anyone on the right who (usually Christians) who believes in God, country, family, the Second Amendment, is pro-life, believes in our country's sovereignty, the Constitution as it's written, has conservative morals and values, and feels the country would be best run with a smaller government, more emphasis on God, and less importance on what other countries think.
• Racism = Any opinion--or mere thought--about anyone of any ethnicity (other than white) that does not jibe with that of the liberal left.
• Democrat (or Liberal) = see this blog entry