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I don't support any of this reactionary nonsense, but there are certainly lists of forbidden words that grew along with the DEI movement. Of course they were fo
by 1shooner 2y ago
I don't support any of this reactionary nonsense, but there are certainly lists of forbidden words that grew along with the DEI movement. Of course they were forbidden for different (I'd say better) reasons, but it was ultimately also asserting power through control of language.
- cantstopmenow 2y agoHow much of that accompanied foreign dissolution of Congressionally-mandated institutions?
- azernik 2y agoHow much of that was actually removed in a crash effort, and how much was just fliers saying "please use this other word in the future"?
- dragonwriter 2y ago> the DEI movement. "DEI" is not a movement, it is just a rebranding of Affirmative Action to emphasize the goals and break the association with (long explicitliy illegal, but often popularly associated with Affirmative Action) quota systems.
- tbrownaw 2y agoI don't recall AA coming with affinity groups and explicit celebration and centering of differences.