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Some other examples I've seen in current discourse (mostly in the US context): * Calling someone Antifa * Calling someone a "Karen" * "Play stupid games, win
by maest 6y ago
Some other examples I've seen in current discourse (mostly in the US context):
* Calling someone Antifa
* Calling someone a "Karen"
* "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes"
* Something being a constitutional right.
* "Mainstream media" as a way of invalidating any facts presented by the main media outlets.
- musicale 6y agoWell at least OK Boomer seems to be over for now. > Something being a constitutional right Wouldn't that usually be a question of fact which should be resolvable based on the constitution and associated case law?
- unholiness 6y agoIn my experience, it's pretty common for people to bring up the fact that something is legal to avoid the question of whether it's right.
- logicprog 6y agoIn my experience it's pretty common for people to bring up the fact that something isn't morally right in order to imply that it shouldn't be legal. This is, when challenged, usually followed either by evasion or claims that the other person is immoral. Because obviously, if you don't want to ban all immoral things, obviously you're immoral. So some people bring up the founding principles of our nation and the case law built around it because it's the best kind of common ground - agreed upon societal basis/"social contract" - they can think of to explain why some immoral things should be illegal but some immoral things shouldn't.
- maest 6y agoI was actually referring to the cases where something is deemed right _because_ it is a constitutional right.