January 01, 2004

Word Games

I've been thinking about something lately. Why are people constantly throwing around that "neocon" meme? I don't understand exactly what it's supposed to mean. It seems like a conservative, by definition, couldn't be identified as "neo," because neo means new (I think).

On the other hand, why isn't anyone saying "neolib?" The liberals today are so much different from liberals of the past, so shouldn't they be the ones who get a new word tossed at them?

People like Howard "angry American" Dean represent liberals now. His kind just sprung up in the past decade. Why doesn't anyone call them neolibs?

Just a question. Incidentally, I've decided not to post a whole lot today, so don't expect much more than this.

Posted by CD on January 1, 2004 07:17 PM
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Semi-Intelligent Comments

In one of his articles, or actually I think it's a set of 3 articles, David Horowitz suggests refering to the far-left as Neo-Commies (or Neo-coms).

Posted by: jaws at January 1, 2004 11:25 PM

That's good...I'll have to remember that.

Posted by: CD at January 1, 2004 11:27 PM

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