Humpty Dumpty, the "pro-choice" lies and language corruption

Is it possible to think of anything without using words? Could you go for a day or two without talking to anyone? What would your friends and family say if you decided not to talk to them for a while? I'm asking these questions because we become so immersed in words that too often we no longer realize that without them it's hard to think and to carry out our day to day living. It's the same thing as taking our own breathing for granted until our environment fills with fire and smoke. The language we have absorbed and come to know during our lives shapes not just our thinking, but also how we feel and act. There's nothing "wet" or "cold" about these words or edible about a "hamburger". They are mere sounds, written symbols that represent a reality, and yet the words alone can trigger a response in us. So if our language about a subject is corrupted so can our thinking and behaviour.

Phrases like "therapeutic abortion" and "termination" and "pro-choice" corrupt our language. They are deceptive and morally dangerous because they keep us from the truth. Language ought to accurately map reality; made up expressions should never be confused with reality, especially when they are misused to rationalize immoral actions like abortion and euthanasia. It's still an evil act even after we use pleasant sounding expressions like "mercy killing" and "freedom of choice". If we repeat these deceptive phrases, such as "reproductive rights", long enough we may begin to believe they represent a reality, even if that reality is a lie or exits only in the verbal world. In the phrase "pro-choice", for example, there is no real choice and so it becomes "real" only as a metaphorical construct to advocate for a real act: the killing of the unborn. The time has come for the lies, even the so called "legal" ones around this life and death issue to be exposed for what they are: a false verbal reality used to normalize the slaughter of the innocent.

In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, Humpty Dumpty observes a powerful truth about language deception when he says to Alice:
“I don’t know what you mean by ‘glory,’ ” Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. “Of course you don’t—till I tell you. I meant ‘there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!’ ”
“But ‘glory’ doesn’t mean ‘a nice knock-down argument’,” Alice objected.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

Let's read that last sentence one more time.“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” Isn't this faulty reasoning exactly what the "pro-choice for death" side has been doing with language to hide the truth? They use words to mean whatever they want them to mean. Supporters of abortion have hijacked the meaning of words in order to explain away an evil act as if it were something morally good for the person and the society. Commandment number 5: You shall not kill is not a suggestion open to interpretation.

Dr. Bernard Nathanson came to understand the language of deception well. This is a man who admitted for having been responsible for 75,000 abortions during his life. In 1996, thank God he was baptized and converted to Catholicism. "In Confession of an Ex-Abortionist", he admits how language was used to lie and manipulate thought in order to change attitudes and behaviour: "We persuaded the media that the cause of permissive abortion was a liberal enlightened, sophisticated one. Knowing that if a true poll were taken, we would be soundly defeated, we simply fabricated the results of fictional polls. We announced to the media that we had taken polls and that 60% of Americans were in favour of permissive abortion. This is the tactic of the self-fulfilling lie. Few people care to be in the minority. We aroused enough sympathy to sell our program of permissive abortion by fabricating the number of illegal abortions done annually in the U.S."

He continues to say, "The actual figure was approaching 100,000 but the figure we gave to the media repeatedly was 1,000,000. Repeating the big lie often enough convinces the public. The number of women dying from illegal abortions was around 200-250 annually. The figure we constantly fed to the media was 10,000. These false figures took root in the consciousness of Americans convincing many that we needed to crack the abortion law. Another myth we fed to the public through the media was that legalizing abortion would only mean that the abortions taking place illegally would then be done legally. In fact, of course, abortion is now being used as a primary method of birth control in the U.S. and the annual number of abortions has increased by 1500% since legalization."

There you have it: the manufacturing of language deception and myth-making from someone who knows it from the inside. If you considered the questions at the beginning, you have probably realized just how important language is. Our lives would be drastically changed without the countless words we use and hear daily. But a corrupt and false language harms us and our society. Our language on abortion needs a reality and morality check. It needs an infusion of truth to dispel the evil behind it. When this happens, more people we hope will no longer accept "legal abortions" because we will recognize this as a lie and as a result of the new thinking and behaving, the majority will begin to embrace and live the truth.