So I _used_ to like progressive rhetoric because it sounded like it was about society letting people be who they were without demonization.
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Replying to @cmuratori @pervognsen
But now it is clear it is definitely not about that, at least not on social media :)
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It is the opposite of that, it is about rampant demonization of a wide variety of ideas and behaviors.
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Even civil libertarians "demonize" (or strongly criticize to use a less loaded term) ideas and behaviors they consider sufficiently harmful.
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I don't think "it's about that". It's a tactic aimed at certain ends. It may be ineffective or counterproductive, but that's what it is.
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Public policing of language/tone has been a successful part of the civil rights and beyond. So it's hard not to support the general idea.
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Replying to @pervognsen @cmuratori
And if that's your starting point, it becomes an internal discussion about what's rhetorically and strategically effective.
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I don't agree with that (where "that" is all of that). I am not an "ends justify the means" person, I am a "the means are the end" person.
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What you're talking about aren't "tactics", they are _the actual reality of living in the world_ that we all have to deal with.
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It's like saying that defunding Planned ParentHood is a "tactic". It's not _just_ a tactic, it has real consequences either way.
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The effects of it reverberate whether or not the ends are achieved.
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