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So a harmful word list like this is acceptable to you? I don’t see any mention of “sugar tits”. What I do see is people trying to use their authority to tell
by Vaslo 4y ago
So a harmful word list like this is acceptable to you? I don’t see any mention of “sugar tits”. What I do see is people trying to use their authority to tell you how to speak.
Almost no one is offended by words on the Stanford list, yet it exists and can be used against you when you don’t speak the way they want.
- SilverBirch 4y agoYeah, I think it's absolutely fine to have a harmful word list. I don't think you're really engaging with the issue of why this type of list exists either. There is a genuine balance to be made between the chilling effect of this list vs the chilling effect of a work/university environment where routine use of racist/sexist/other"ist" language creates an unwelcome environment for minorities. I think a core disagreement here is people on the right say "These academic institutions are being politicized" but that's not true, the institutions were always political, it's just that previously they were political in a way that favoured rich straight white men and now an effort is being made to counteract that.
- jimbokun 4y agoOh yes, because obviously these lists reflect the way that people from minority groups without a degree talk to each other in everyday speech. I’m sure these lists were all written by people from those groups.