@NewYorker @NCaplanBricker As the book 1984 taught us, the best way to socially engineer thought is by controlling and redefining vocabulary
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@adventurer83@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Removing archaic, offensive, sexist language is social engineering? Then I'm for it. -
@StillUnsocial@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Im not necessarily opposed to soc engineering, I just think we need 2 be aware of what we're doing -
@adventurer83@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Obviously, I was kidding about being pro-social engineering, but language forms reality.
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker So now we cannot write what we want, choose which adjective qualify best a noun? What's next?#languageterrorist -
@Sarah_in_USA@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Do you approve when women are called shrill, aggressive, pushy, & nagging for behavior that wd ... -
@StillUnsocial@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker I do not approve either. Issue cld be that word associations are ingrained & thus cliches prevail -
@Sarah_in_USA@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Associations can be unlinked. It's important to think about what language conveys, not be automatic
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker dictionaries are used to define terms for good or bad.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Because nagging wives aren't a thing? Please.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker sexism may B fatal flaw of@Wikipedia also. Don't dare be a woman trying to edit a "serious" topic there! Sheesh! -
@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker@Wikipedia Rules are all about the predatory male and have no room for the cooperative female in any "hot" topic.
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Don't you mean 'prescriptive' here?pic.twitter.com/Mi2QuurqaB
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker For the record, I'm greatly in favor of including the word "fishwife" in the dictionary.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Do dictionaries often include phrases (such as "nagging wife") as entries? A better example might be "fishwife."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker if you raise the question the answer is clearly yesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@NCaplanBricker Nobody denies that bigots exist. But devolving to a cheap buzzword just gives trolls hope for relevance.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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