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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you mean start calling black/other entitled asshole males douchebags? That might help. See South Park Harley "fag" episode
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… If I understand correctly, you think that regulating forms of language around conflict reifies that conflict. …
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