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It seems like just a more dramatic way of calling something a no true scotsman fallacy. To be actually gatekeeping you'd have to have the power to discourage or
by beaconstudios 6y ago
It seems like just a more dramatic way of calling something a no true scotsman fallacy. To be actually gatekeeping you'd have to have the power to discourage or prevent people from entering a field, and be wielding that power inappropriately.
It's one of a few words that seems to be going through inflation at the moment, like gaslighting.
- ajkjk 6y agoNot quite. The modern usage of 'gatekeeping' just means that you're posturing like you want to keep people from entering the field, not that you can actually do it. The definition on r/gatekeeping (which is as good of a canonical source as any) is "When someone takes it upon themselves to decide who does or does not have access or rights to a community or identity."
- beaconstudios 6y agoYeah I get that some communities have that definition, but that's inflation on the meaning of the word, ie using a term with an emotional punch for a much more minor infraction. Disagreeing over the definition of "art" is about as old as art itself, its not gatekeeping in any sense unless the person you are disagreeing with is an art historian and is excluding works that don't fit their definition, or something like that.
- ajkjk 6y agoYou're not going to get very far arguing, "well, the word doesn't meant that to _me_".
- beaconstudios 6y agoI know, I'm saying it doesn't mean that historically. It's a fairly recent redefinition that you're describing. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gatekeeper https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gatekeep... > someone who has the power to decide who gets particular resources and opportunities, and who does not: > The professors act as gatekeepers who determine which students are admitted into the competetive engineering program.