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Thank you for this reply. I do agree that euphemism creep is a thing. My position is just that his skit on this particular topic seemed very anti-intellectual.
by i88y6 8y ago
Thank you for this reply. I do agree that euphemism creep is a thing. My position is just that his skit on this particular topic seemed very anti-intellectual. It's the same kind of bogus logic used when people who say "just get over it" to someone with serious depression: "back in my day, we just kept a stiff upper lip (meanwhile ignoring all those between now and then who blew their brains out because their lip strategy failed) ".
I do agree that in most cases the language can be contorted to conceal or smooth the direct adjective. I.e African American, minority, margininalized, etc
- romwell 8y ago>My position is just that his skit on this particular topic seemed very anti-intellectual. It's the same kind of bogus logic ... It really is not; just like others here, I would urge you to go back and re-watch that skit, having in mind that others do not perceive it the way you do. There's nothing more to add to the parent post.
- i88y6 8y agoThe downvote is not a "disagree button". Grow up
- dang 8y agoCould you please not post uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? We ban accounts that do that, because we're trying to keep this site a bit better than default level. Also, downvoting for disagreement has always been ok on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314.