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I also find these buzzwords annoying - but they're different. 'Privilege' is the only term from that list in the article... 'Trigger' I find annoying in almost
by Malarkey73 10y ago
I also find these buzzwords annoying - but they're different. 'Privilege' is the only term from that list in the article...
'Trigger' I find annoying in almost every context; with the exception of facilities for the clinically traumatised I abhor the idea.
'Victim Blaming' is a useful term but I'm sure overused.
'Social Justice' seems more often these days sarcastically used as in 'Social Justice Warrior'
'Perpetuating false narratives' does seem just a pompous way of saying lies/propaganda.
... but returning to 'Privilege' I think that's a term that is overused - and annoyingly as in 'check your privilege' can be used to shut down a conversation or deny a viewpoint because of who someone is. A pernicious form of ad hominem.
And yet reading the article I think the argument is well made and the term 'privilege' is not used glibly. So perhaps it's unfair to write off the point just because that one word is used?