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davowankenobi t1_javr7px wrote

Reply to comment by Meteorologie in Banning Words Won’t Make the World More Just - The Atlantic by vaikrunta

distant, unknown, and unaccountable figures? You mean, women, queer people, disabled people, who ask you to not use a word like the R word or hysterical to describe a woman? Which then got picked up by style guides to inform writing and reporting?

This sounds like you believe in the fallacy of cancel culture

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Meteorologie t1_javwv9h wrote

Please don’t suggest that women, LGBT, or disabled people form distinct monolithic groups with shared and internally consistent views on what language is acceptable and not acceptable - that is a dehumanising concept that denies their individuality.

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