USE THE CORRECT TERMS!

Examples of Incorrect Terminology and Misperceptions

By Roni Bell 

Republic v. democracy: United States of America is a Republic, not a democracy. A Republic protects the minority (individual rights). A democracy is the rule of the collective (majority) is complete and has no appeal process. In a Republic, the collective is limited by the U.S. Constitution. The word “democracy” does not appear in the Declaration of Independence (1776) or the Constitution of the United States of America (1789). The Constitution divided the federal government into legislative, executive and judicial branches.

Prairie rodents v. prairie dogs: Prairie dogs is incorrect. Prairie “rodents” is correct.

Referring to prairie rodents as dogs, perpetuates the myth of fluffy little play things as opposed to the disease carrying, property destroying rats that they are.

Feral horses v. wild horses. Only Feral horses, not wild horses, live in America.

Referring to feral horses as wild, perpetuates the myth of a genetically pure breed of horse dating back to first arrival on American soil. Fact; none exist.

Immigrants v. illegal immigrants: Removing the word illegal removes the solution. It’s like saying, “That cow,” as opposed to “That rank cow.” Knowingly withholding critical, accurate information is misleading and dangerous.

Federal v. Public land: Public is incorrect. Correct is “federal” land or “split estate:” Referring to federal land as public, implies land to be settled and removes statutes, case law, U.S. and State Constitutions, split estates and private property on federal land. Perpetuation of this inaccuracy misleads the public and government into thinking theft of private property on federal land is A-OK. It’s not.

Navigable v. Navigable: In statute, Navigable pertains to interstate commerce. In science, navigable pertains to flow. EPA and Army Corps despise the interstate commerce definition of navigable, because it is the governing statute that reins back their authority on waterways. EPA wants to control every drop of water in the U.S., so they try to reference navigable as flow, as a means to quash navigable as statute.

Socialist v. socialist: In governing, socialist means government mandates public ownership and control of all land and water. In reality, a socialist government leaves out “the public” and installs only dictators like Hitler, Kim Jong-II, Stalin and Mugabe. They seize the land and water for their personal. The “public” exists only to serve the dictators. To lure people into thinking they’re socialists, dictators surreptitiously perpetuate the perception that socialists are amiable, happy, charitable, open minded, tolerant, good natured people who feed the poor and hungry; for after all, who doesn’t want to happily feed the poor and hungry?