This hypothesis is as widely accepted as it's unsupported by any evidence. It's also quite insidious as it underlies many "social justice" efforts to police lan

This hypothesis is as widely accepted as it's unsupported by any evidence. It's also quite insidious as it underlies many "social justice" efforts to police language. Insidious, because while the benefits are very likely to be non-existent, the censorious consequences and the contentiousness they generate are very real.