Republicans using 'verbal jiu-jitsu' to turn liberals' language against them, analyst claims

CNN published a piece, “How conservatives use ‘verbal jiu-jitsu’ to turn liberals’ language against them," that detailed claims creative language has helped the GOP thrive.

"Republicans are masters of verbal jiu-jitsu. It’s a form of linguistic combat in which the practitioner takes a political phrase or concept popularized by their opponent and gradually turns into an unusable slur. Like the Japanese martial art known as jiu-jitsu, its devotees avoid taking opposing arguments head on and instead redirect their opponents’ momentum to beat them," Blake wrote before citing the word "woke" as a key example of his theory.  Brian Flood is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood. 

"The word is defined as being ‘actively aware of social injustice,’" the CNN analyst wrote. "But it has been transformed into a contemporary scourge, one that a politician compared to a ‘virus more dangerous than any pandemic, hands down.’"