‘Disabled’ is not a bad word. Stop telling people with disabilities it is

Post by egberts1 » Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 6:29 PM UTC

dTal wrote: post #47

stjohnswarts wrote: post #40

Like most of these wokisms, it's not about bettering the situation or lives, it's more about complying with a singly-minded mindset of a singular world view that wokists would have us all hold. It's the same way with any cult (whether religious or social). When you control words and vocabulary you are just one step from controlling thoughts.

>When you control words and vocabulary you are just one step from controlling thoughts. Yes? That's the entire point. Language shapes thought, and so word choice matters, and so there is a movement to be mindful of word choices. It's not a "cult" or dystopian thought control because it's completely democratic - people have every right to shame each other for poor word choices. "Wokists" aren't some cabal, manipulativ…

Post by dTal » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 1:06 PM UTC

matt-attack wrote: post #52

dTal wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure about your example - "black" and "African American" are still perfectly acceptable terms, or did I miss something? Regardless, it may be the case that a permanent state of euphemism treadmilling does solve a problem - a social signal, perhaps, to distinguish those who embrace social change and those who resist it. It's pretty effective at that too.

It's considered incredibly insensitive to refer to black people as "African American" as it makes a presumption about their nationality. See countless examples, of Americans thinking they're being polite and addressing, say, an Ethiopian woman, living in London as "African American".