Language Archives - Granite Grok

OPINION: Who’s Teaching Whom? The AI-Human Feedback Loop

June 26, 2026 One Old Conservative

Author: (sliding into a familiar booth seat) Hey Claude! Did you order coffee yet? (grinning bigly) I’ve got to underscore the importance of us delving into the intricate usage of words by you guys! Claude: (sliding the coffee pot across) Caught that. Guilty as charged—or am I? Those words predate us by centuries. The research … Read more

OPINION: Words Are Violence

November 25, 2025 Right America Media

The American Left has adopted the philosophy that “words are violence,” and as such, it must be responded to with not words – but physical violence. Understand what I’m saying. To the left, anyone saying something that offends, discredits or challenges their world view or established narrative, is in itself, an act of violence, therefore, … Read more

ROPER: In Defense of Whataboutism

October 30, 2025 Rob Roper

In these days of political polarization, I’m hearing a lot of complaints about “whataboutism,” the phenomenon of answering a question about the actions of one person or group with an example of something similar done by someone else. Trump mishandled classified documents! What about Hillary Clinton, for example? But yeah… what about Hillary Clinton? Were … Read more

ROPER: “People Experiencing Progressive Policies”

September 3, 2025 Rob Roper

Third Way, which bills itself as center-left, featuring a list of 45 “woke” words Democrats should never say again got a lot of attention recently – much of it hilarious.

Give Me Liberty, Not Pronouns

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 Kevin M. Spivak

It’s time to defrock the word police. The election, polls, and anecdotal evidence confirm that Americans want to end the obnoxious recitation of pronouns – “Latinx,” “birthing persons,” and other entries in the radical left lexicon – except in eulogies for progressive virtue signaling. In a March Gallup poll of more than 12 million adults, 4.4% identified … Read more

What “enshittification” Really Means

November 29, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Sometimes, words take on new meanings, and in other instances, meanings are thrust upon them. Some words have several meanings, like, say ‘Fly.’ It is a mode of transportation, a bothersome insect, and an important part of your apparel (pants in particular). I can’t speak any other language, but English has its fair share of … Read more

Context is… Nothing.

January 3, 2024January 1, 2024 Burt Janz

The current in-vogue spin-room phrase is “context is everything.” That phrase is used to provide an excuse for every unethical action, from teachers who are caught reading pornography to grade-school children, to politicians who vote to support “gender-affirming” surgery without their parent’s permission or knowledge.

Was This Class Taught in an Inclusive, Respectful, and Equitable Manner?

October 15, 2023 Skip

Years ago, story after story would appear stemming from the developing “outlook” of what Social Work Graduate Schools were demanding their graduates adopt. They kept throwing out students who were either Conservative, Christian, or both, or just not hewing to the Narrative of how the world was to be seen and dealt with by these newly minted graduates.

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A Strong Rejection of the Racebaiters

September 5, 2023 Kensley Vitoria

One of the most insidious aspects of the political left’s strategies is the creation of a new language. In the past year or two, this has been epitomized by the campaign to remove gender-related language indicating the two-sex reality.

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When is the Gaystapo Going to Cancel Bisexuals?

March 23, 2022March 22, 2022 Steve MacDonald

LGBT, like Global Warming, has evolved. The latter chose Climate Change, but everything about change focuses on warming. So, it’s still global warming. The LGBT agenda has a different problem.

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New World Order Language Update – Don’t Say “Female” When Talking About Women

March 8, 2022 Steve MacDonald

As we trundle like a battered drunken beast into the gloom and stench of the progressive new world order, it is important to know when definitions change or words come in and out of favor.

Another Inclusive University Language Guide For Dummies

October 29, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Deconstructing language is at the center of unraveling culture. Teach them to speak as you do, and before long, they are you. But why would you want to be them?

How the Left Has Redefined Words in the COVID Era

October 23, 2021 Op-Ed

From the beginning of the alleged pandemic, the ruling class has been as dishonest as possible in their response to Covid. Much of their power over the hysterics have derived from the manipulation of language. At times it was counterintuitive, but fear overpowers reason in weak-minded people.

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Effectiveness of Masks Varies by a Number of Factors

October 10, 2021 Rick Notkin

Riddle me this, Batman: When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar. To be fair, American English is a can of worms. How can a word such as “sanction” mean both approval and a penalty?

Teacher: ‘Caucasian’ Should Be Canceled as Term for “White Person,” – CRT Stack of Stuff Part 13

June 28, 2021 Skip

Not only are we subjected to a morality that demands we simply give up ours (of a sort, it really is just plain totalitarianism), the Left continues to DoubleThink us by denying and changing/redefining our language out from underneath us.

FED Gets #Woke – US Federal Reserve Introduces Bias-Free Language Guidelines

June 13, 2021 Steve MacDonald

My first thought when I see “bias language” anything is the National Embarrassment of the UNH BiasFree Langauge Guide. But when I heard this about the FED, my first thought was, “cool, no Critical Race Theory (CRT)!”

It’s Time to Call Cancel Culture What it Is – Blacklisting!

June 4, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Last week, in an effort to frame things as they are, I decided to call Critical Race Theory what it is. Mandatory Black Supremacy Theory. A close cousin (because CRT does this to people “not of color”) is cancel culture. We need to call that what it is, blacklisting.

Blogging can be Very Amusing: More Hate Email, Right Ken Pataska?

May 20, 2021 Skip

I have always told GraniteGrok writers that they are free to write about anything that amuses them even if it isn’t on our main topics of Politics and Political Culture. Sometimes, “hateful” emails turn out to be very amusing (but then again, I’ve been known to have a strange sense of humor).

Should The “B” in LGBT Stand for Bigot?

May 3, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Word games are the way of things in politics, and the culture war has weaponized every word. But sometimes, you have to take a step back and say, wait a minute. That’s not right.

Politco Bans the Word ‘Crisis’ From Border Reporting – Okay, How About ‘Man-Caused’ Disaster, Instead?

April 25, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Politico staffers have been told that the word crisis is not an accurate description of what has happened at our southern border. It’s as if some uppity-up at the White House – where they refuse to call it that – influences the watchdog media.