Libertatis's definitions

Digg Patriot

A Conservative ideologue who tries to censor articles that might hurt their political views on Digg while promoting ones that promote their views. To a Digg Patriot everything is about partisan politics, regardless of the trends, and popularity of articles on Digg.

Originally a Digg Patriot gathered on a Yahoo Group called Digg Patriots to receive orders form other Digg Patriots on what articles to bury.

by Libertatis September 11, 2010

Freedumb

A watered down version of freedom spouted by psudeo patriots in American who claim to love freedom, justice and constitutional rights for all but are in fact only in favor for a select few having them. Freedom supporters hide their agenda by wrapping it up in a false sense of patriotism to cover up their lack of willingness to share it with everyone in the country. Usually cutting off others right to freedom when it prevents a privileged group from having their way with a particular politcal/social/Religious issue they want to have dictated in their personal favor.

Freedom is for the everyone, while Freedumb is for the few...

by Libertatis April 28, 2014

Pray the Gun Away

The false concept purported by Mike Huckabee and the American Religious Right that claims that somehow allowing prayer in public schools will some how magically reduce gun violence in schools.

The Religious Right tried to Pray the Gun Away, but sadly gun violence at school continued unabated .

by Libertatis January 26, 2015

Tea Party Derangement Syndrome (TPDS)

The acute onset of paranoia in Tea Party followers that cause them to mistrust their fellow Americans when they appear not to endorse their Far-Right ideals. This causes them to take a dualistic approach to those who disagree with them. Often leading them to never give the opposing side's opinions a chance in their minds

What the matter with that guy? All I did was state my view on the matter and they accused me of being a Socialist. Don't let it get to you they are suffering from Tea Party Derangement Syndrome (TPDS)

by Libertatis December 15, 2010

Politically Correct Card

The act of using the term Politically Correct in an political argument or debate in an effort to cover for not stating one's unpopular opinion. Mostly done out of cowardliness to avoid being criticized for sharing their unpopular opinion for fear of being ridiculed or in an effort to cheaply stifle someone's well explained opinion.

Being confronted with an well argued opinion opposed to Paul's point of view, Paul decided to play the Politically Correct Card instead of giving a proper counter argument.

by Libertatis June 9, 2016

Political Etch a sketch

To Change one position on Political issues after a politcal primary to make one's self image seem more politically moderate then where they stood when they ran for their politcal party's nomination (For Senate, Congress, President, Governor, ect). In essence it's to try to clear the board politically before battle their politcal opponent for a particular politcal office.

Made Famous by Mitt Romney's 2012 Presidential campaign when one of his campaign workers refereed to resetting Mitt Romney's public image after winning his party's Presidential nomination as using a Etch A Sketch

Candidate X had to take a hardline approach on immigration to make himself look more conservative then his primary opponent. Worried about his position on immigration making him look bad in the General Election, Candidate X proceeded to perform a Political Etch a sketch of his image.

by Libertatis May 26, 2014

NRA Zombie

A Gun advocate that takes arguments made by the National Rifle Association at face value regardless of how absurd they are. Unlike regular Gun Advocates that are willing to have a calm and reasonable discussion with those whom they disagree with, the NRA Zombies have weak critical thinking skill and don't believe in fact checking before accepting what is said by the NRA.
When approached with anything outside the NRA narrative, the NRA Zombie is reacts with...

* Denial accompanied with Confirmation bias

* ad hominem attacks, including and not limited to falsely questioning one's love of country
* Empty References to Freedom
* Or verbal hostility

Paul knew by the vitriol being thrown when he mentioned the word universal background checks, that he was not talking to a regular 2nd amendment advocate. Instead he had encountered an NRA Zombie

by Libertatis October 19, 2015