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Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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I think OP was using "politically incorrect" in its original definition - i.e., speaking in a way counter to what's politically popular/accepted by the elite. Which in Startup L. Jackson's case was definitely true - he called out a lot of the Valley's cultural myopia, excesses, and failures in a way that he would have been unable to do without the pseudonymity or pretense of satire. Unfortunately the word has also be…

Wikipedia: In the early-to-mid 20th century, the phrase "politically correct" was associated with the dogmatic application of Stalinist doctrine [...] In the 1970s, the New Left began using the term "politically correct."

Thereafter, the term was often used as self-critical satire. Debra L. Shultz said that "throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the New Left, feminists, and progressives... used their term 'politically correct' ironically, as a guard against their own orthodoxy in social change efforts."

Everybody always misses that part.

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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https://twitter.com/startupljackson is the twitter site. We need a list of sometimes anonymous, poignant and politically incorrect twitter feeds for other industries. For Finance, check out https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker ("Downtown" Josh Brown) and "gselevator" https://twitter.com/GSElevator ) (author was also eventually unmasked) "Teach the coal miners and frackers Python and Ruby." classic.

Why do you think SLJ was politically incorrect? He never said anything rude or ignorant. He often tweeted about diversity and inclusion and coined the term "culture debt" for startups. update: okay I think the words pc and un un pc have become meaningless because they mean too many different things.

"Politically incorrect" now means "something which is slightly edgy, and which I like."

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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So was he right?

Yeah, I'm surprised by how many people still ask me this. There's proof in the piece, but I also write long so I don't blame you if you missed it :)

I just read it. Great writing - appreciate it. Very ingenious to look at the wallpaper to find the answer.

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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So was he right?

Yeah, I'm surprised by how many people still ask me this. There's proof in the piece, but I also write long so I don't blame you if you missed it :)

Great article.

I have to commend you on your sleuthing, but even more so for not unmasking Thompson when you had the chance.

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