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Re:What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused? by gervase on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @02:32PM (#17760601)
I understand this position, but I still would say that it's muddying the semantic waters a bit. If you had "prejudice plus power" against someone in the LGBTQ community, would that also be called racism?

In general, I think the most common interpretation of racism would be "prejudice w.r.t. race" rather than "prejudice plus power". I would suggest that perhaps oppression is a more appropriate word to use for "prejudice plus power".

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Re:What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused? by rosser on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @02:34PM (#17760626)
That's a fair argument.

Unfortunately, I wasn't appointed Plenipotentiary in Charge of How Controversial Terms Are Used in Academic Discourse, so my powers here are limited to explaining the position, as I understand it.

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Re:What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused? by smartscience on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @05:10PM (#17761929)
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/03/all-in-all-another-bric...
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