Look beyond his hijacking of the word "liberal" and what he shows us is an illiberal, anti-British agenda of lower regulation on food, toys, consumer protection, money laundering, democracy and the rule of law.
We're Americans". Perhaps that's the trouble: A hijacking of the word "American". My passport reads "United States of America," I've voted in every election since turning 18 (and before that I voted in the first three seasons of American Idol). I grew up on North Carolina hushpuppies, New York bagels, California avocados and Florida orange juice.
Why the change in 2004 to "traditional couples only?" My guess is the sweeping national anti-gay political environment at the time as well as the religious right's hijacking of the word "traditional" entwined with marriage -- one man and one woman.
The receiving end then snags the resulting packets and stitches the message back together.Since it is silence rather than speech that is being hijacked, no one is any the wiser: there are no embarrassing gaps in the flow of words.
"I strongly support diversity of all kinds," said the president, with his flair for hijacking the key words of his opponents, "including racial diversity in higher education".
"The beautiful, educational game of Scrabble which I have loved playing since I learned to spell has been hijacked by a worldwide group of people who care not a jot about meanings, etymology, aesthetic, a love of words and language".
As I discuss in my new book, Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America, according to the canonical Gospels, Jesus never said a word about Dr. Dobson's two favorite "Christian" issues: homosexuality and abortion.
Of course, none of this has stopped the right wing from hijacking the word freedom to convey its demented view of patriotism.
The hijacking of the "eco" label by tourism businesses riding cheaply on the green wave means that nowadays you're unlikely to see the word ecotourism used in British tour operators' brochures.
Sabena Hijacking – My Version is a compelling new film that vividly shows the 1972 hijacking of Sabena Airlines flight 571 from Vienna to Tel Aviv.
