This is an interesting read, one I recommend. I've been circling around an observation for a few days that hadn't occurred to me before, and it's simply this: Nobody expects people will be misusing words rather on purpose. This is the Woke strategy, though. We're just wising up. https://t.co/X0Ad8I2R3G
— James Lindsay, number one Gay Studies author (@ConceptualJames) April 1, 2021
In so much of today's conversation on social justice, we're not even sure what people mean by the words they use. This is on some terms especially slippery that, sadly, will stay that way. https://t.co/2SxMxb3vgs
— John McWhorter (@JohnHMcWhorter) March 31, 2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/nation-divided-language/618461/