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What's remarkable about the treadmill isn't that it exists or that ultimately words become slurs over time. That's predictable. What's remarkable is the rapidit
by noduerme 2y ago
What's remarkable about the treadmill isn't that it exists or that ultimately words become slurs over time. That's predictable. What's remarkable is the rapidity with which language changes are superimposed in top-down societies. To the degree that one could probably measure the authoritarianism or top-down nature of a society based on how quickly verboten words are removed from its published vernacular.
- vintermann 2y agoOne thing I like to point out, is that some fairly recent, openly racist societies were completely on board with language policing. You did NOT say the K word in apartheid SA. They had hate speech laws, and they prosecuted people over them too!
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