Mock-worthy CNN analysis explains how conservatives have tarnished words like 'woke' and 'diversity'

Doug P. | 11:27 AM on August 21, 2023

Pull up a chair and get ready to enjoy a good ratioing!

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— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) August 20, 2023

You've heard the media report that conservatives are "pouncing." You've heard the media report that conservatives are "seizing."

Now things have escalated to a point where conservatives are "jiu-jitsu-ing" and "tarnishing":

How conservatives use ‘verbal jiu-jitsu’ to turn liberals’ language against them | Analysis by John Blake https://t.co/QRdUMylq4w
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 20, 2023

This hot take at CNN's website is the lib "journalism" stretch of the day:

Republicans are masters of verbal jiu-jitsu. It’s a form of linguistic combat in which the practitioner takes a political phrase or concept popularized by their opponent and gradually turns into an unusable slur. Like the Japanese martial art known as jiu-jitsu, its devotees avoid taking opposing arguments head on and instead redirect their opponents’ momentum to beat them.
If this sounds abstract, consider the evolution of “ woke.” The word is defined as being “actively aware of social injustice.” But it has been transformed into a contemporary scourge, one that a politician compared to a “virus more dangerous than any pandemic, hands down.”
Mention almost any touchstone phrase adopted by the left in recent years — “critical race theory,” “diversity,” “global warming,” even the word “liberal” itself — and it has been redefined or tarnished by conservatives.

The reality of all those things has been exposed, so naturally people are angry, so of course the Left would prefer to keep the focus on their definitions of the words.

I finally read this piece of progressive spin.

It's not conservative jiu jitsu, it's that leftist rhetoric doesn't match its reality.

The "we're just teaching honest history" includes the 1619 Project.

That's just one example.

And disregard any article with Robin D'Angelo. https://t.co/Ehtkqmop4N
— Gordon Kushner (@Gordon_Kushner) August 21, 2023

I actually thought this was satire. Nope. Real. https://t.co/NbjyQQHRjh
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 20, 2023

The streams of reality and satire crossed years ago, and CNN helped lead the way.

How conservatives point out our stupid, ruinous policies https://t.co/SNPH2w9mED
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) August 20, 2023

An unintentionally hilarious look at how conservatives have flummoxed liberals by pointing out that their deceptively named policies and practices like “equity,” “DEI,” and “critical race theory” are actually terrible and destructive policies. https://t.co/ady5i8cSph
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) August 20, 2023

Did that former Bud Light marketing person write that story?

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