Accomplished actress, filmmaker, author, and radio host Sam Sorbo has written a series of word definitions that have been subverted by the left, to which she adds her unabashedly conservative and patriotic perspective. She begins by defining "Aberration," which she considers the United States of America to be, and ends with "Zeitgeist," which she believes currently to be"postmodernism, marked by subjectivism and moral relativism." Following this final definition, she tells readers: "The truth often combats the zeitgeist. The world does not owe you. Speak the (not your) truth, always."

In her Introduction, Sorbo observes that "the United States not only created the greatest manufacturing and industrial engine of the world," but also created a patent system that allowed ideas to grow, flourish, and be protected, so that anyone could contribute "if they were willing to engage in thought." However, she writes, "now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that system shaping a free marketplace of thoughts should endure."

As motivation for writing her book, she states: "They've hijacked words, and then used them against us. But we're gonna take 'em back. Because our words are our thoughts, and our thoughts are our prosperity." And she minces no words. For example, in defining "Antifa," she writes that it "is but another arm of the Communist Party, organizing to prevent conservatives from expressing truth and wreaking mayhem and violence on our streets as a way to overthrow our democratically elected government."

The author tackles tough and unpleasant topics but it is an easy read that is also at times laugh-out-loud funny. For example, she defines the word "Bigot," then writes: "Bigot has been mangled, distorted, and co-opted by those who abhor dissent (unless it's them dissenting) and used as a weapon to shut down legitimate debate on an issue." She elaborates:

• "It's unfair to the female students to allow boys who feel like girls to use the same locker room" — "Bigot."
• "I support traditional marriage, and here's why..." — "Homophobic bigot."
• "Illegal aliens..." — "The 'I' word is hate speech, you racist bigot."

Following her definition of "Plutocracy," she opines: "Writer Noam Chomsky believes the United States resembles a plutocracy, but that's because he's an idiot communist. He hates capitalism and idealizes the pie-in-the-sky view of communism while simultaneously ignoring its murder of millions."

Words for Warriors contains so much interesting and sometimes little-known information, it's a struggle to determine which definitions to showcase for review purposes. Occasionally, Sorbo displays an off-handedness bordering on the unrefined; perhaps intentionally, but more likely as a result of contact with her subject matter.

Of "Common Core," the author writes: "It promised everything and delivered worse than nothing, as test scores are now lower than before. But hey, if they just change the standards, everybody gets a trophy!" She quotes Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers as saying at the union's annual conference about parental skepticism of CC: "I'm gonna punch you in the face and push you in the dirt because this is the teachers! These are our tools!" Sorbo then adds with sardonic wit, "When teachers become the bullies, everyone wins. Catchphrase: 'Because, who doesn't want their child to be common?'"

Sorbo defines "Climate Change" as "an alarmist effort to control the population through fear-mongering and falsified data." There are a number of definitions describing environmental hysteria, including "Global Cooling," "Global Warming," and more.

As the reader turns the pages, it becomes obvious that Words for Warriors is also an indictment of former president Barack Obama. In her definition of "Convention," she writes: "For the bulk of America, a presidential convention kick-starts their interest in the general election. Balloons fly, music roars, and great speechifying takes place. Or, in Barack Obama's case, a royal coronation set against the backdrop of imperial Greek columns. Nothing scary or totalitarian there."

When she defines "Executive Branch," she charges Obama, a constitutional lawyer, with being absent the day his class covered Article II "because he acted as if it didn't apply to him, as evidenced in his bold and arrogant assertions: 'Where and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do....We're not just going to be waiting for legislation....I've got a pen and I've got a phone.'"

In her definition of "Demagogue," she writes: "President Obama is regularly labeled a demagogue. And for good reason. The best examples [were] his regular recitations to push the Affordable Care Act. If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. These statements were not mistakes or a misunderstanding of the legislation — he knew them to be untrue when he said them." She further writes that Obama's "most disgraceful display of demagoguery" happened after the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, when four Americans were killed in a planned terrorist attack. "The truth did not fit Obama's narrative that the terrorists were on the run, so he blamed an internet video criticizing Muslims."

Later, in her definition of "Secretary of State," she similarly charges Hillary Clinton. After listing the former secretary's duties, she writes that Clinton "fumbled the ball" on all of them. "After the attacks on our embassy," she writes, "Clinton followed that dereliction by failing to correctly inform Congress and citizens about the conduct of her foreign relations. She lied about the attack, calling it a spontaneous uprising and blaming an internet video for causing it, and then when called to testify before Congress defended her inaction and lies with the glib and callous, 'What difference at this point, does it make?'"

In defining the term "Sharia Law," Sorbo contrasts Obama's assertion that "America and Islam share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings" with the truth that "Sharia is totally incompatible with the American views of law and justice." She contrasts the U.S. Constitution and legal system protection of basic human rights regardless of religion, sex, and ethnicity with Sharia law's dictates that "apostasy (from Islam), defaming (of Islam), and homosexuality" are all punishable by death. "Sharia law sees no distinction between church and state. Under Sharia, the church is the state."

This is not to say that Sorbo's entire focus is on the Obama presidency. She has praise for President Trump, delves into the COVID-19 pandemic with its mask mandates and lockdowns and has more to say on education, politics, Christianity, Fascism, Socialism, McCarthyism, and even the Crusades.

The book is peppered throughout with quotes from famous people that relate to the definitions. To illustrate are just a few gems.

• Following Sorbo's description of "Monopoly": "Our public-school system is our country's biggest and most inefficient monopoly, yet it keeps demanding more and more money." — Phyllis Schlafly
• After the definition of "Nazi" and its aspect of socialism: "America is like a healthy body and its resistance threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within." — Joseph Stalin
• Following the definition and discussion of the term "Racist": "The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity, she doesn't. But she is a typical white person." — Barack Obama

Words for Warriors is just that; a helpful glossary of current terms and jargon to arm conservatives in their fight to preserve faith, freedom, and country.

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