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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Struck a nerve? No need to be petty. They have a point. We did this with the words racist and fascist. Overinclusion diluted the term and gave cover for the actual baddies to come in. I'm not sure debating who is and isn't a sociopath is as useful as, say, the degree to which Sam is a liar (versus visible). | | |
| ▲ | greenchair 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Speaking of overinclusion, 'wild' is my nominee for 2026 as I'm seeing it all over the place. | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross an hour ago | parent [-] | | > 'wild' is my nominee for 2026 I don't know how to define the delineation I'm about to propose. But there is a difference between overinclusivity trashing a morally-loaded, potentially even technical, term, and slang evolving. |
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| ▲ | rexpop 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'm sorry, we did what with the word "racist"? | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | > we did what with the word "racist"? “Overinclusion diluted the term and gave cover for the actual baddies to come in.” The next sentence. |
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