A glossary translating political rhetoric into plain English
“crisis”: any situation you want to change
“bilingual”: unable to speak English
“equal opportunity”: preferential treatment
“non-judgmental”: blaming society
“compassion”: the use of tax money to buy votes
“insensitivity”: objections to the use of tax money to buy votes
“simplistic”: an argument you disagree with but can’t answer
“rehabilitation”: magic word said before releasing criminals
“demonstration”: a riot by people you agree with
“mob violence”: a riot by people you disagree with
“a matter of principle”: a political controversy involving the convictions of liberals
“an emotional issue”: a political controversy involving the convictions of conservatives
“funding”: money from the government
“commitment”: more money from the government
“docu-drama”: a work of fiction about famous people
“autobiography”: a work of fiction about yourself
“federal budget”: a work of fiction about government spending
“people’s republic”: a place where you do what you are told or get shot
“national liberation movements”: organizations trying to create people’s republics
“policy research”: looking for statistics to support the position you have already taken
“stereotypes”: behavior patterns you don’t want to think about
“Reaganomics”: media explanation of downturns in the economy
“robust economy”: media explanation of upturns in the economy
“constitutional interpretation”: judges reading their own political views into the Constitution
“politicizing the courts”: criticizing judges for reading their own political views into the Constitution
“a proud people”: chauvinists you like
“bigots”: chauvinists you don’t like
“anti-war movement”: disarmament advocates who know the idea won’t fly under its own name
“private greed”: making money selling people what they want
“public service”: gaining power to make people do what you want them to
“innovation”: something new
“new innovation”: something new by someone who doesn’t understand English
“competency”: competence, as described by the incompetent
“moderate Arabs”: mythical beings to whom State Department officials make sacrificial offerings
“special interest lobby”: politically organized conservatives
“public interest group”: politically organized liberals
“accountability”: holding teachers, public officials, and private businesses responsible for the consequences of their misdeeds
“chilling effect”: holding journalists responsible for the consequences of their misdeeds
Language matters more and more
English, Lingua Posted on Wed, June 04, 2025 20:34:23- Comments(0) https://bsb.nla.se/?p=2275
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Karl-Olov Arnstberg: Ordet är fritt – kapitel Intelligensen
Lektura, Lingua Posted on Wed, June 04, 2025 20:21:01Bland tabuämnen tar KOA intelligens. Första IQ-tester gjorde Alfred Binet i början av 1900-talet. I psykologin betraktas IQ test som den mest pålitliga. Intelligens är inte kompetens. Boxaren Muhammad Ali hade IQ 78 när han mönstrade 1962. När man guidas i bushen är det bättre att guidas av en aborigin än judisk bankir. Intelligensen är så tabubelagd att man försökte hitta andra kompenserande mått: EQ SQ, men de visade sig värdelösa.
Föra tt bli antagen som soldat i USA accepteras inte lägre IQ än 83. IQ snitt i silikon valley är 130. Högst IQ etniskt har ashkenazi judar, Hongkong- och Singapore-bor. Ärftligheten av intelligensen är tabu pga eugenikprogram inom social ingenjörskonst. Alva och Gunnar Myrdal tog upp sterilisering som ett viktigt instrument för “ett kvalitativt uppehållande och höjande av människomaterialet” (boken Kris i befolkningsfrågan 1934). Steriliseringslagen 1935 gällde personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning (“sinnesslöa”). Fram till 1975 steriliserades drygt 63 000 svenskar.
Gedigen och sanningsenlig forskning har därför blivit kontroversiell. Richard Lynn och Tatu Vanhanen redovisar IQ, t.ex. finnar 97, sydsaharabor 60-70. Charles Alan Murray och Richard Herrnstein “The Bell Curve” argue that average intelligence quotient (IQ) differences between racial and ethnic groups are at least partly genetic in origin. Forskare anser att länder med snitt-IQ under 90 klarar inte att bygga upp en demokrati. Dr James Watson, som kartlagt mänskligt DNA, sade att han var “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours – whereas all the testing says not really”. While his hope was that everybody was equal, he added, “people who have to deal with black employees find this is not true”.
2021 på Sörmlands fullmäktigemöte uttryckte Bertil Malmberg (SD) oron för kommunens planer för att ta emot sydsudaneser, pga kostnader. Det är kartlagt att de har lägre iq. Först dömde både tingsrätten och hovrätten honom för hets mot folkgrupp. När fakta presenterades vid Högsta domstolen ändrades hovrättens dom och Malmberg friades.
Lionel Shrivers nya bok Mania visar hur samhället agerar ut denna tabu. “Mental Parity” blir obligatorisk när “cognitive justice” introduceras. Mental Parity rörelse är “the last great civil rights fight”. Vissa ord blir förbjudna och ersatta: “D-word” i stället för “dumb”, “stupidity” blir “alternative processing”, “slow” blir “gradual”, “dim” – “poorly illuminated”, “dumbwaiter” – “a small elevator.

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Prawdziwa definicja multikulti
Donosy, English, Lingua Posted on Tue, May 27, 2025 05:12:23“What ‘multiculturalism’ boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture—and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.” — Thomas Sowell
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Language matters
English, Lektura, Lingua, Linki Posted on Sat, April 26, 2025 10:42:32I love Unherd for giving platform to fringe ideas. It is the first time that I heard somebody frame present mass immigration as colonisation. Freddy evades the key issue by mixing up immigrants who integrate (like Rishie Sunak) with those who do not even intend to do so (like Pakistani grooming gangs).
I asked Grok for a definition of colonisation. An external group establishes dominance over a territory and its native population, fundamentally altering its demographic, cultural, economic, and/or political fabric, often without the consent of the indigenous inhabitants. This dominance is achieved through a combination of settlement, resource extraction, cultural imposition, and institutional control, typically prioritizing the colonizers’ identity and power over the continuity of the pre-existing society.
These characteristics of colonisation define perfectly well immigrants who have no intent of integrating and wish instead that their culture should dominate over the indigenous culture. The key issue here is “dominance over a territory”. If the territory is Angered, Biskopsgården, then the dominance is there. If it is Sweden, then fortunately not (yet).
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Alleluja!
Lingua, Wydarzenia Posted on Sun, April 20, 2025 08:57:08Resurrexit sicut dixit! Zmartwychwstał, tak jak powiedział! He has risen as he said! Он воскрес, как и сказал! Він воскрес, як і сказав! Ён уваскрос, як і сказаў!

Znowu wydarzył się cud nad cudami. Życie pokonuje śmierć. Wbrew wszelkim przeciwnościom.


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Polski w Angli, arabski w Szwecji
English, Lingua Posted on Fri, April 04, 2025 09:08:50
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Do I need to say I love you?
English, Lingua, Pytania, Refleksje Posted on Sat, March 22, 2025 09:11:32Whenever we need to say something it means that it no longer is obviously true. This is the main rule of pragmatism, and efficiency in language. Whenever some word becomes very popular, it may mean that the idea behind it, no longer is obvious. My parents never told me they loved me, it was so obvious. Nowadays the word “tolerance” is in fashion.

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Najpolskie słowo?
Lingua Posted on Sat, March 15, 2025 17:52:04żółć
składa się tylko z polskich znaków i oddaje ducha narodu
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Stefan Kisielewski nadal aktualny
Lingua Posted on Fri, March 14, 2025 09:56:10Polacy dzielą się na nauczycieli Ja pana nauczę, ekshibicjonistów Ja panu pokaże! oraz nieznanych Pan nie wie, kto ja jestem?
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Suicidal empathy
Donosy, Lingua Posted on Tue, March 11, 2025 16:22:40To pojęcie stworzone przez Gad Saad. Oto ilustracja.

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Typologia rodaków wg Kisiela
Lingua Posted on Sat, March 08, 2025 13:13:50Nauczyciele “Ja pana nauczę” / Ekshibicjoniści “Ja panu pokażę” / Nieznani ” Pan wie kto ja jestem?”
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Great or not so great replacement?
English, Lektura, Lingua, Pytania Posted on Tue, February 11, 2025 18:41:51I did not know who coined the theory of “great replacement” so obviously I asked Grok
The term “The Great Replacement” was coined by the French writer Renaud Camus. He introduced this concept in his 2011 book titled “Le Grand Remplacement,” where he argues that there is an ongoing demographic and cultural shift in Western countries due to immigration, leading to what he perceives as the replacement of native populations by non-European peoples. A quote elucidating the perspective of this ex liberal homosexual, now a so called “far right” activist:
“we are talking about the fight against terrorism: in my opinion there are no terrorists, not a single one. There are occupants who … kill a few hostages from time to time to better remind us who the master is.”


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To trans or not to trans, this is the question!
English, Lingua, Pytania Posted on Tue, February 11, 2025 17:07:54
Gender is fluid and thereof gender affirming operations. The orange man does not get it.

Yet, somehow it seems they are ok.

Europe! We have a problem!
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English grammar for beginners: nouns
English, Lingua, Pytania Posted on Tue, February 11, 2025 16:41:16
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Woke moves now under water
Donosy, Lingua Posted on Sat, February 01, 2025 01:29:40

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Po świętach
Lingua, Pytania Posted on Wed, January 15, 2025 12:03:28… jestem grubsza. Ale skoro ciało składa się w 80% z wody to chyba jestem zalana?

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Dlaczego “górnik”?
Lingua, Pytania Posted on Thu, November 28, 2024 17:57:09Pracuje przecież pod ziemią. Niektórzy mówią, że dlatego że “ziemniak” był już zajęty. A dzieci tworzą cudne neologizmy: KOPALNIK.
Ciekawe kiedy wprowadzi się w tym zawodzie wreszcie parytet?

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Zawołaj mnie
Chorus, Lingua, Piosenki, Wiersze Posted on Wed, November 27, 2024 20:13:46Kiedy doła masz i chandrę, When you’re down and troubled
chcesz by ktoś pocieszył cię, And you need some lovin’ care
bo wszystko, no wszystko idzie źle. And nothin’, nothin’ is goin’ right
Przymknij oczy, o mnie myśl, Close your eyes and think of me
a wnet pojawię się, And soon I will be there
by najcięższe chmury rozgonić ci. To brighten up even your darkest night
Starczy tylko, że zawołasz You just call out my name
a na skrzydłach przylecę by And you know, wherever I am
cię pocieszyć i zobaczyć znów. I’ll come runnin’ To see you again
Zimą, wiosną, latem, jesienią, Winter, spring, summer or fall
wezwij mnie tylko imieniem – All you have to do is call
przyjacielu będę gotów And I’ll be there yes I will
i stawię się! You’ve got a friend!
Kiedy niebo nad tobą If the sky above you
w kłąb chmur zamienia się, Grows dark and full of clouds
i wiatr północny zaczyna duć. And that old north wind begins to blow
Nie martw się, nie marszcz brwi, Keep your head together
tylko zawołaj mnie, And call my name out loud
a wnet zapukam do twych drzwi. Soon you’ll hear me knockin’ at your door
Starczy tylko, że zawołasz You just call out my name
…
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… a chciałabym przychylić nieba
Kabaret, Lingua, Wiersze Posted on Wed, November 27, 2024 20:02:10Więc jak napisać wiersz dla Martusi?
Choćbyś się skichał, słowa wykrztusił,
nie oddasz przecież jej charakteru.
Ech! Szkoda nawet na to papieru.
Słowom wymyka się ta istota.
Jak dym nieuchwytna, sama dym dmucha.
Choć ma alergie, ma też i kota.
Same sprzeczności: silna czy krucha?
Zawsze na luzie a jednak zdąży.
Weźmie do kina, temat podrąży.
Zadzwoni z troską, zrobi nam afisz,
w firmie zażegna ciężki paraliż.
Skąd ta energia, taki hart ducha?
Może stróż anioł tego pilnuje
I w serce Marty gwiezdny pył dmucha,
Tak ze paliwa jej nie brakuje?
No, to się zgadza, wszak mówi Wojtek,
że instrumenty z nas są dmuchane.
Ale kto dmucha? Nie siejmy plotek,
Te fakty nie są nam dobrze znane.
Jak by nie było Marta ma parę.
Potrafi pomoc kiedy potrzeba.
Cóż, mogę tylko w górę wznieść czarę,
A chciałabym jej przychylić nieba.


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Uaktualniamy polszczyznę
Lingua Posted on Mon, November 25, 2024 18:50:53
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Pleonazmy, czyli masło maślane
Lingua Posted on Mon, November 25, 2024 18:36:42wracać z powrotem, cofać do tyłu, wspólnie razem, pierwszy debiut, ja osobiście, akwen wodny, geneza powstania, prawdziwe fakty, fakt autentyczny, miesiąc czasu, kontynuować dalej, trwać nadal, pełny komplet, prezent za darmo, niemniej jednak, sam jeden, bo dlatego że, lub ewentualnie …

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