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Re:What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused? by Mizza on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @02:33PM (#17760613)
When the word is used this way, it's also implied that "power" means an amorphous and ideologically-defined racial hierarchy (ex., a black CEO is lower on the power totem pole than a homeless white person, etc., because of the attributes of the groups as a whole).
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Re:What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused? by beat on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @05:23PM (#17762032)
It's only a problem linguistically because of jumping levels - context-switching from broad social generalization to specific instances of specific individuals. Frankly, that's the flaw at the heart of 99% of such arguments.
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