> Edit. Just caught myself say "parroting". That's one of those needlessly contentious or offensive words. It might be needlessly contentious or offensive, but

> Edit. Just caught myself say "parroting". That's one of those needlessly contentious or offensive words. It might be needlessly contentious or offensive, but not in the exact same way that the original post is talking about: although it's an insult, it doesn't signal an affiliation, and it isn't hard to understand properly without a lot of background or explanation. (You might signal an affiliation through your choice of whom you compare to parrots, or which ideas or concepts you compare to their squawks, but every audience will probably easily understand correctly what you meant by doing it!)