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Nanny state is a term coined by tobacco industry in their lobbying against tobacco laws. Is it really a term you want to use here? https://www.tobaccotactics.o

• ruthmarx 2y ago
  > Nanny state is a term coined by tobacco industry in their lobbying against tobacco laws. Is it really a term you want to use here? Sure, because most people h ave no idea where the term originates from and it now has a life of its own. It's the standard term for this sort of thing.
• tirant 2y ago
  Why not? It is about treating people as adults or children.
• bigstrat2003 2y ago
  Who cares? Whether or not it applies in this particular case, it's a useful term. Rejecting ideas because of who they come from is the very antithesis of intellectual maturity.
• refurb 2y ago
  Just because an "evil" group used, or even coined, a term doesn't mean it's not a useful term.