‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority

Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by free_rms on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:12PM (#24903534)

It's a magical, shifting definition that means whatever the high priests need it to mean at the moment.

Making people confess to being 'racist', at institutions where being Racist gets you fired, is a power-move.

Those of us who can see that aren't objecting to the idea of unconscious bias, we're objecting to the power move.

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Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by shadowgovt on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:20PM (#24903583)

If only there were some kind of, I dunno, training to help clarify and de-magic these words. ;)

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Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by free_rms on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:23PM (#24903601)

Do you believe racists should be shamed and fired?

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Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by shadowgovt on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:33PM (#24903658)

I don't believe people should be shamed and fired for having unconscious bias and confronting it.

There's a world of difference between confronting one's unconscious bias and unapologetic, willful racism.

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Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by free_rms on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:39PM (#24903692)

And, we're back to the magical shifting definition.

If there's such a world of difference, why conflate the two using the same word?

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Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by shadowgovt on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:49PM (#24903756)

That's a question for the English language and dictionary authors, not for me.

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Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by free_rms on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @12:14AM (#24904447)

Any thoughts of your own on the matter? We're way in the sidebar, don't worry about downvotes. Tell me why.

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