The redefinition of the word ‘racist’ freaks me out. We went through centuries of rationalizing it any way we could to finally figure out that ‘discrimination based on race’ was a horrible thing regardless of justification. But redefinition is just another justification! 1/
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This. Explicitly top down. Knowingly and on purpose.
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Whether or not it's organic is irrelevant anyhow. The trouble is that the redefinition has inherited the original's connotations, despite them being distinct and incompatible concepts. It's as if we were to rename some behaviour "murder" and then start prosecuting people for it.
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