I’m vehemently against many working definitions of “apologist” and can I just say it cuts down my good opportunities for display names, like a bastard
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Being an "apologist" for something connotes that you have an actual conflict of interest -- you're a paid advocate for an unpopular pariah, you're a PR flack or a lawyer -- or else that you're an unreasoning emotional zealot, you're a stan
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Like, as an example, feminist activism uses the term "apologist" so often in connection with the term "rape" that "rape apologist" might as well be one word And it doesn't usually mean someone who is explicitly verbally saying "I think sexual assault is okay"
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