The importance of knowing the language

Part 1

We invent the world through language.

The world occurs through language.

Mal Pancoast

The words of Mal Pancoast are true that it is by language that we do not only communicate with others but we come to understand what is being said and our understanding of those words being said determine reality.  The hijacking of words to give some sort of reasoning to obscure what is actually being said: example: the word homosexual is clear in our understanding of that language.  To attach the word “gay” is only a way to give a different understanding of the word homosexual.  The word gay has always meant to show or having a merry lively mood albeit that the word “gay” had an association with hedonism as early as in the early parts of the 17th century, the word began to be associated with immorality. (Websters Dictionary, 1967) By the mid 17th century, according to an Oxford dictionary definition at the time, the meaning of the word had changed to mean “addicted to pleasures and dissipations.  Often euphemistically: Of loose and immoral life”. By 1955, the word gay now officially acquired the new added definition of meaning homosexual males. Gay men themselves seem to have been behind the driving thrust for this new definition as they felt (and many still do), that “homosexual” is much too clinical, sounding like a disorder. www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/02/how-gay-came-to-mean-homosexuality. This example was only to show that words do change in use and meaning over time and often the term “political correctness” determines how a word is to be understood. This does not mean to simply accept the change or use but to understand its true meaning.

The word liberalism for many is a pejorative term and the reason for this is because they do not understand that without any adjective the wrong understanding and use of this word will occur: example: There are five types: The five types of modern Liberalism are: Classical Liberalism. Feminism. Left Liberalism, AKA Social Liberalism, AKA Wets. Right Liberalism, AKA Economic Liberalism, AKA Dries. Neo-Conservatism. The oldest of these is of course classical Liberalism; in the 1800's Classical Liberalism was simply Liberalism. uponhopeblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-five-types-of-modern-liberals.….

Liberalism (Not to be confused with Libertarianism) is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but they generally support individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), democracy, secularism, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and a market economy. Liberal theorist such as James Madison and Montesquieu conceived the notion of separation of powers, a system designed to equally distribute governmental authority among the executive, legislative and judicial branches. Governments had to realize, liberals maintained that poor and improper governance gave the people authority to overthrow the ruling order through any and all possible means, even by means of outright violence and revolution, if needed. (James Madison and Montesquieu). John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), usually cited as J. S. Mill, was an English philosopher, political economist, Member of Parliament (MP), and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century" conceptualized liberty as the absence of interference from government and from other individuals, claiming that all people should have the freedom to develop their own unique abilities and capacities without being sabotaged by others. Mill's proclaimed, "the only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way that reliance on free markets would preclude totalitarian control by the state.

 Part 2 will focus on Totalitarianism.