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Manners were invented to prevent disease and stuff, but they're also used by the aristocracy to differentiate themselves from the rabble. Complaining about word
by rhizome 9y ago
Manners were invented to prevent disease and stuff, but they're also used by the aristocracy to differentiate themselves from the rabble. Complaining about word choice and tone is an example of the latter. "Linus doesn't talk the way good people do."
- katastic 9y agoI wonder how self-righteous those commenters would be if they were talking about a black person not "talking white enough". All a sudden, it becomes pretty clear what the conversation is really about. Trying to police people for being different.