I think him being in office is in a small part the backlash of that reality
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Replying to @Austen @AustenAllred
The backlash to the backlash or which lash are we talking about?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Yes. I was in rural America during most of@the election cycle. The number of times I heard people say, “I don’t agree with what he’s saying but at least he isn’t politically correct” would shock you
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @AustenAllred
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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Replying to @kimmaicutler @AustenAllred
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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Something is afoot ... How it manifests on social media I’m not exactly sure.pic.twitter.com/UTv0akXPUx
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Replying to @johncutlefish @AidanMcConnell and
Exactly. The US right is huge on ideological conformance. Calling the left religious is ridiculous given the huge influence of the Christian right.pic.twitter.com/3trncSzjn3
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Replying to @williampietri @johncutlefish and
Dude, the left is almost Puritan in its goal to create a broad, overarching concept for problems in society - kyriarchy, for example - and then relentlessly and blindly pursue a preordained solution, sometimes punishing unbelievers. Cotton Mather would be proud.
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