Your regular reminder not to believe anybody who suggests words such as "racism" and "sexism" have a fixed sociological meaning.
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@PhilosophyExp Do sociologists (unironically) use re-defined terms like sexism,racism,privilege,patriarchy ? Or just the gender wafflers?
@Phrenologicus Yes. But if you're a decent sociologist, then you define your terms before you use them. You know, "Following Smith, I'm...
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@PhilosophyExp I understand. But I do notice that ~some~ of these people are trying to force their re-definitions into mainstream lingo. -
@Phrenologicus Exactly, & it's bollox. No sensible sociologist thinks sociology's technical language exhausts way terms ought to be used.
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