Sunday, July 05, 2009

No More "Militant"; It's "Terrorfighter"

I have been waging a campaign against the use of the term "militant" by the media (see numerous entries here at this blog).

I think I have found an alternative, based on this section of memoir I found here:

Dave’s graduation from the Basic School at Quantico (which the grandmother referred to silently as Guantánamo) took place this spring...In a filled auditorium, a colonel welcomed them. He referred to himself as a teacher and the trainees as students. Quantico was a “campus.” The course was divided into segments: leadership; academics; military skills. The men were being trained not to be soldiers or marines but “warfighters.”


So, does "terrorfighter" work?

3 comments:

Hasbara With Attitude said...

Nope. Sounds like firefighter -- terrorfighter they're fighting terror.

How about "vigorous political activist"

Suzanne Pomeranz said...

Humm - "terrorfighter" sounds like someone fighting AGAINST terror, while I believe your objection to the word "militant" has to do with the MSM substituting "militant" for "terrorist"...

Keep trying, but I don't think there's a better word that, well, terrorist.

Karen Meister said...

Call it what you wish, but actions still speak louder than words..what are their actions telling you?