The most interesting thing of this to me is how low the bar for “Things I dare not tweet” has become. The days of freely speaking your mind on social networks are over.https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1079737187233492994 …
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How about half a dozen studies? https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/12/15/16781222/trump-racism-economic-anxiety-study … Or maybe Austen’s conversations with people he happened to meet in rural areas in 2016 should be the evidence gold standard here.
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Also political correctness as a term and insult originated within leftist circles in the 1960s as an ironic borrowing from Mao Zedong and was later appropriated and weaponized by the right.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/political-correctness-how-the-right-invented-phantom-enemy-donald-trump …
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Two things: - "Political correctness" did start with the Marxist-Leninists, but that was way earlier than the 60s. By 1934 the NYT used the term to describe Nazi party politics. - It may be an old term, but it accurately describes the current near-religious fervor of the left.
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I recommend taking a listen if you haven’t already. It feels relevant herehttps://www.breaker.audio/the-daily/e/41544337 …
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