GOVERNMENT, n. A modern Chronos who devours his own children. The priesthood are charged with the duty of preparing them for his tooth.
—The Devil's Dictionary
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Culture war [n.] Any resistance, however mild, to relentless liberal cultural aggression
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"FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel."
Ambrose Bierce, from "The Devil's Dictionary"
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𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 [n.] a permission structure to excuse and validate being a horrible person, treating others like dirt, doing everything in the service of one's own narcissism and avoid all responsibility by blaming "the patriarchy"
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𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 [adj.]
1. Expressing any form of doubt or disagreement, no matter how polite or eloquent, towards the dogmas held by the liberal elite
2. Support for highly popular views that the liberal elite firmly rejects
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𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 [n.] The ruthless use of legal power by liberals to destroy their enemies; cf. 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲
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𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 [n.] manifest, blatant injustice
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𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 [adj.] a policy for which 80 percent of the public holds one position, and the liberal elite activist class holds the opposite position
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𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐧 [n] when a public school refuses to include graphic pornography in the elementary-school library.
NOTE: The global e-book monopoly refusing to sell a book is NOT a book ban, but rather censorship in the public good
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𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 [adj.] lavishly funded by the U.S. government, Sorosish oligarchs, and other henchmen of the global liberal imperium
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𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 [n.] racist, sexist discrimination against young white males due to their hereditary blood guilt for the ancestral sins of Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis
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𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 [adj.] permanent
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𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 [n.] any resistance, no matter how minimal, to the relentless cultural aggression of the Left
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Important to note that "equitable" means "racist, sexist discrimination against whites and males, in favor of lesser-qualified DEI hires"
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𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 [adj.] discriminates against whites and males on the basis of their race and sex; active discrimination in favor of lesser-qualified nonwhites and nonmales
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𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 [n.] absolute uniformity of thought; complete consensus and conformity to progressive dogma on all matters of controversy
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𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 [adj.] a policy that is widely popular among the public at large, while being intensely opposed by liberal elites
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𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 [n.] a credentialed academic whose technically correct, peer-reviewed research is designed to fundamentally mislead the public by passing all writing through a political filter of pre-publication censorship
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𝐟𝐚𝐫-𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 [adj.] expressing any degree of dissent from the massively unpopular and civilizationally disastrous policies of the ossified mainstream establishment
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𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 [adj.] permanent
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𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞 [v.]
1. to criticize or question, in any manner, the aggressive political agendas of liberals and leftists
2. to point out the inevitably disastrous consequences that follow from the implementation of said agendas
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a sticky #wicket :
a young witch found crying after rain
with no broomstick to sit on
and old moons melting in her hair
the pain of all neglected loves
reflected in her starless eyes
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𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 [adj.] displaying a monolithically uniform commitment to progressive dogmas whilst evidencing a superficially varied set of surface characteristics #thedevilsdictionary #LinguaQuartiImperii
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"CABINET, n. The principal persons charged with the mismanagement of a government, the charge being commonly well founded."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary 1911
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𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 [n.] vengeance wrought by the mob against its hated enemies; see also 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
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𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 [adj.] liberal; in support of liberal ideas while claiming the mantle of conservatism
𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 [adj.] a forceful advocate for liberalism and the expunction of conservatism from public life
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"Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy." Ambrose Bierce #TheDevilsDictionary