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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by panarky on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:19PM (#36927488)
You wouldn't be from America, would you, where long-established English terms get corrupted?

Because it's a pretty standard political and social concept -> https://imgur.com/a/BdkeTf4

Not to mention -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by vacuity on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:14AM (#36932009)
Indeed I am. Thank you for the context. I wonder if we shouldn't describe these things with more granularity, like how "functional programming" may be used to mean "pure functional abstractions", "pattern matching", and many other things in varying combination.
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