Say What You Mean To Say

1.)  Chavez' intent with the first six words of her column is that even though she believes that being civil in what a person says should not stop someone from having a diverse language and speaking with true meaning behind what they say, a person still needs to have that civility and respect in everything they are speaking publicly about.

2.)  She uses the word bellicose to describe the kind of words and metaphors that have been debated over in recent years.  Bellicose has the meaning of being aggressive and starting of arguments. She uses the word to explain how the controversial words have power to start fights and arguments between people and can cause a lot of conflict in our country.

3a.)  Chavez wants her readers to believe that if they change the words they use to be politically correct, they will most likely not be able to get the same point across.  Its not the words the speaker chooses to use, its the way the choose to use them.  If the words are used in the correct way and context they will be able to get their point across without offending anyone.

3b.)  Chavez' best example that supports he opinion is when she brings up the story "Huckleberry Finn" and how there is controversy on whether the should replace the word "nigger" with the word "slave" instead.  She explains how changing theses word would take away the point of the story and it would never have the same effect or meaning to it.

4.)  People shouldn't change the words they use just because they aren't labeled politically correct. Yet people need to be careful in the way the present them.