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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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Replying to @AidanMcConnell @williampietri and
To clarify...who is “the left” ? It would seem from the image I shared that there have always been a broad spectrum of beliefs in play — less overlap/compromise now and a shift in one “side” further “right” — but still a broad spectrum/distribution. Can you give me an example?
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Replying to @johncutlefish @williampietri and
You could ask the same thing about what the right is, & yet we use these terms for the purpose of convenient conversation. Not falling into that trap. I retweeted my reply to your visual. It actually isn't that indicative of a true rightward drift - you're misintepreting it
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Replying to @AidanMcConnell @williampietri and
You are typecasting “the left” as a singular group with “near Puritan” X. What % of those on “the left” hold these near puritanical beliefs?
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Replying to @johncutlefish @williampietri and
Across social media and in the workplace, people are increasingly shamed & punished for holding views that people on the left side of the spectrum reject. The visible and active face of that spectrum, regardless of the % who actually agree, is promulgating this.
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Where is your evidence of this that is not in an anecdotal format?
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