This is some scary stuff. Although it has been happening slowly over the last few decades it seems that the left is trying to re-write more than just history, they are attempting to change the definitions of words in our vocabulary. Just last week we saw this happen when the American Heritage dictionary, in a knee-jerk reaction to liberal pressure, changed the definition of the term 'anchor baby' and thus called it a 'offensive and derogatory' term. The term 'anchor baby' as long as I have been alive {over 40 years} has always meant a child of an illegal immigrant who came to this country in order to get citizenship. There is nothing offensive or derogatory, unless one is ashamed of being illegal in this country {which I should hope that they are ashamed because it is not legal to occupy this country without citizenship}. This would be like saying that calling someone a criminal is offensive and derogatory if they have committed a crime. This is absolutely the definition of 'Double-Speak' as Orwell envisioned it.
We must not allow these crafty illiterate morons to dictate our vocabulary. If need be we will invent our own dictionaries which contain the true definition of words. Orwell in 1984 suggested that the Big Brother government could control the thought process of the Proles by removing words and changing definitions in the dictionary. We must not allow the Big Brother of the left to change our ability to confront evil and remove it from our midst.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/09/revised-definition-anchor-baby-part-leftist-agenda-critics-say/Revised Definition of 'Anchor Baby' Part of Leftist Agenda, Critics Say
By Joshua Rhett MillerA decision by the American Heritage Dictionary to revise its definition of "anchor baby" -- labeling it an offensive and disparaging term -- is an attempt to manipulate the "linguistic landscape" and push a leftist agenda, some opponents of illegal immigration say.
"Anchor baby" was among roughly 10,000 words -- including "hoodie" and "babydaddy" -- added to the dictionary's fifth edition last month. The hot-button term, a noun, was initially defined as: "A child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, especially such a child born to parents seeking to secure eventual citizenship for themselves and often other members of their family."
That definition caught the attention of Mary Giovagnoli, director of the Washington-based Immigration Policy Center, who heard American Heritage Dictionary executive editor Steve Kleinedler read it during a radio interview last month. Giovagnoli blasted the definition on the organization's blog last Friday, saying it masked the "poisonous and derogatory" nature of the term.
By Monday, the term had been changed. It is now defined as such: "Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, especially when the child's birthplace is thought to have been chosen in order to improve the mother's or other relatives' chances of securing eventual citizenship."
The revision is now a "well-crafted" definition of how the term is used, Giovagnoli said.
But not everyone agrees.
"That's a political statement and it's not even accurate," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. "[An anchor baby] is a child born to an illegal immigrant."
Krikorian said the revised definition makes a political statement and is much more than neutral, "just the facts" reference material.
"It's a sign of real provincialism," he said. "I understand why people don't like the term, but I know lots of people who use it in a non-disparaging fashion. There really isn't a shorthand way of describing people like this, and there does need to be because it an important source of political debate: Should the children born to illegal immigrants get automatic citizenship?"
Bob Dane, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a Washington-based organization that seeks to end illegal immigration, said the revised definition panders to a small but vocal group of critics who are "manipulating the political, cultural and now linguistic landscape" of the United States.
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