thought police would be out of a job if somebody actually *solved* the problem. Or even began moving needle.
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yup, and I suspect we'd find similar history there.
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Given those are two of the most oft-cited examples of successful reform, are there evocative examples of those you'd hoping to see?
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abolition: Jim Crow between peaks of emancipation and Civil Rights?
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fascinating, so just to clarify: those are archetypal examples of periods of reform to be emulated?
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I'd say bookend peaks of sudden rapid change due to "deregulation" moves of some sort.
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Are there examples of deregulation which punch down (like your douchebag example) which prompted rapid gains?
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douchebag is an example of regulation, not deregulation: confining word to mean specific thing.
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Yeah, I meant examples of deregulation which punches down (i.e. if we were to deregulate douchebag).
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… If I understand correctly, you think that regulating forms of language around conflict reifies that conflict. …
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… Given that the deregulation of conflict's language didn't happen in race or gender advances, I was wondering …
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deregulation doesn't mean everybody starts using offensive language. It means there's no need for police to ensure they don't
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(Maybe should also take it to FB/offline at some point =p)
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yes, this is at legal limit of policing on Twitter anyway.
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… Advances in race and gender rights embraced the language of conflict and policing of it. …
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… If I understand correctly, you're now suggesting that deregulating the language of conflict …
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… (i.e. making it harder to call out politicized conflicts but easier to call out 'apolitical' human failures) …

