3)Intra-left fights: this did happen around some of those terms. Ie Latinx. That one pols did start to use even when Latinos were like “why?” Pressure to “update language to be more inclusive” creates a purity spiral and the often-small activist group insisting a term was “right” got little pushback
bc fighting on Twitter was so unpleasant. Majority illusion kicks in as people who disagree stay quiet. Meanwhile the spectacle is handy for the right (see #2) and sparks thinkpieces in MSM ab who should use what words. There were articles ab them in 2020-22. SF def had a “justice-involved” debate.
Ironically, this exact dynamic is playing out in response to the Third Way article.
It’s easy not to stay quiet when you know someone is wrong or lying I don’t care how many goofballs try to push the same lie However when they realize that you are going to keep calling them out they start issuing death threats
It’s important that Americans have public conversations about what words to use, and who can use them, and in what manner, and to what ends. But I remain totally unconvinced that these conversations have an impact on the outcomes of our electoral politics.
*sorry the recent relevant example of a right-wing discourse manufactroversy was Sydney Sweeney’s jeans not boobs, I regret the error. plus.flux.community/p/sydney-swe...
You need to know yer jeans from yer boobs girl! 🤣🤣🤣
It’s about jeans but it’s about boobs too. Any straight man can date a woman w/ bigger boobs than Sydney Sweeney if he wants. He just needs to drop the expectation that a woman has boobs like that & <5% body fat everywhere else & appreciate women’s bodies as they are.