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The idea comes straight out of modern Academia. It’s also called linguistic relativity, and critical theory, literary theory, and postmodernism all have roots
by oceanplexian 3y ago
The idea comes straight out of modern Academia.
It’s also called linguistic relativity, and critical theory, literary theory, and postmodernism all have roots in it. The idea is that if you believe hard enough, for example a duck can actually be a goose depending on what “lens” you see it though
Obviously, this is ridiculous. But this has invaded our culture like a cancer and is responsible for the proliferation of PC language in the last few years.
- bazoom42 3y agoEuphemisms are not particular to academia. Euphemisms for sex and death are as old as language.
- pauldenton 3y agoSure but it's especially bad in academia recently. "You cannot be racist against white people. If it's against white people it's not racist" kind of language. Or you know. Whites not need apply. This program is for every race except Caucasian
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- bazoom42 3y agoThese are not examples of euphemisms.