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Nobody will win the Culture Wars
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> "until we learn to say what we actually mean, there is no way out."
Disagree. Plenty of people are speaking as plainly as they can, and not being heard. When we have endless articles explaining how "these words didn't really mean what they meant," and "that apology wasn't really an apology," the fault can't be fairly laid at the feet of those speaking when they're misunderstood, can it?
"People should be judged by the content of their character, and not the color of their skin." Does saying this make me a Nazi? Does attributing the quote to Dr King make the difference? Or is it that some people want to call me a Nazi and don't care to hear what I'm actually saying?
Disagree. Plenty of people are speaking as plainly as they can, and not being heard. When we have endless articles explaining how "these words didn't really mean what they meant," and "that apology wasn't really an apology," the fault can't be fairly laid at the feet of those speaking when they're misunderstood, can it?
"People should be judged by the content of their character, and not the color of their skin." Does saying this make me a Nazi? Does attributing the quote to Dr King make the difference? Or is it that some people want to call me a Nazi and don't care to hear what I'm actually saying?
Compared to "racism", "sexism" is more often understood as "institutional sexism" rather than "personal prejudice against a different gender".
The statement "[some country] is sexist" is usually less controversial than "[some country] is racist", as the former gets more interpreted as "women have it worse in [some country]" but the latter as "people in [some country] are prejudiced towards other races".