1. @ContraPoints has asked for feedback on what's "racist, sexist, transphobic" & what the proper reaction to accusations of such should be
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2.The problem is western academia has worked tirelessly to make the proper definition & reaction to these concepts impossible
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3.The direction has been moving words far from their original definitions in order critique broad universal human behaviors
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4.The predictable result has been confusion: pure emotivism paired with intersectionality as in
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5. This would be one thing if the left wanted these terms 2 b meaningless, but they want them as prime arbiters of morality
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6. "racism" can be something almost everyone does OR it can be a horrible crime that we shun people for. BUT NOT BOTH
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seems to me "racism" is a broad spectrum of behaviors, some near universal and others horrifyingly violent.
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the term car crash can refer to both a fender bender to a twenty car pileup on the interstate. Why not racism?
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because people don't go around trying impune each other as "car crashers"
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this sounds to me like a lot of fuss about terminology and not a lot of engagement with the ideas behind it
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despite the fact that this issue is talked about endlessly in academia there have been incredibly few new ideas
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