I don’t care what words people use as long as they’re punching up.
Words are words. If the best ideological stance you can make is policing the words your potential allies use, you’re not a very effective activist. Sure, we need to make sure people aren’t using language to hurt people undeserving but we need to keep focused on outcomes, not giving average people a sense that a leftist state is going to police what you say. We already have the right for that.
All that said, it’s hugely inappropriate for Rogan to take delight in being able to use a slur to insult someone. He IS power. He can only punch down.
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I don’t care what words people use as long as they’re punching up.
Words are words. If the best ideological stance you can make is policing the words your potential allies use, you’re not a very effective activist. Sure, we need to make sure people aren’t using language to hurt people undeserving but we need to keep focused on outcomes, not giving average people a sense that a leftist state is going to police what you say. We already have the right for that.
All that said, it’s hugely inappropriate for Rogan to take delight in being able to use a slur to insult someone. He IS power. He can only punch down.