Democratic Group Urges Dems to Ditch 'Woke Words'

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Democrats are being urged to stop using words like "privilege," "safe space," "existential threat," "the unhoused," "birthing person," "Latinx" and "incarcerated people." 

These are just a few of the 45 words a prominent leftwing think tank now says Democrats should stop using because it is not how normal people speak.

Normal people, of course, do not have to be told something this obvious.

Fox News reports, "A blunt memo circulated Friday urges Democrats to ditch 'elitist' jargon that is alienating to voters if they want to defeat President Donald Trump's agenda."

"In the message, titled "Was It Something I Said?," Democratic think tank Third Way warned Democratic officials against using language packed with progressive framing, labeling such terms as 'therapy-speak,' 'seminar room language' and 'organizer jargon, among others," the report noted.

The people who run Third Way claim they are not trying be the language police.

They just want Democrats to think for a second before using this bizarre left-speak.

According to the memo, "Before you draft your angry tweet thread, think about conversations with persuadable voters in your own life — especially friends, family, and co-workers — and consider whether the use of the language above would help or hurt your case."

Third Way's Executive Vice President of Public Affairs Matt Bennett told Fox News that this advice was for "everyone in Democratic politics who has a public-facing role."

"When elected officials, candidates and high-profile spokespeople use this kind of language, it is deeply alienating. And while it might be well-intentioned, by empowering the right, it ends up hurting the very people it’s intended to shield," Bennett said.

"Even after the terrible losses in November, too many on the left have not gotten the message that they live in a bubble and that folks outside of that bubble think that kind of language is somewhere between silly and offensive," he added.

They are in a bubble alright. That Democrats have to BE TOLD not to speak like this is a reminder how the Democratic Party became so damaged in the first place.

Now... we have to say it... will Democrats now actually change how they speak?

Will they... get the memo?

Don't count on it.

Democrat wokeness is more than mere words. It's in their blood.