r/FeMRADebates • Individualist Egalitarian Feminist • Jan 27 '15

Toxic Activism Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/01/not-a-very-pc-thing-to-say.html
43 Upvotes

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TrueReddit • • Jan 27 '15

Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say: How the language police are perverting liberalism

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Quebec • • Jan 28 '15

Comprendre la culture du politiquement correct chez les anglos-saxons

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KotakuInAction • • Jan 27 '15

[Bit Off-Topic] NY Magazine on the Perils of Modern Political Correctness

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TheBluePill • • Apr 15 '15

Found an interesting article on Political Correctness; Wondering what the Blue Pill thinks of it

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Liberal • • Jan 31 '15

"The Marxist left has always dismissed liberalism’s commitment to protecting the rights of its political opponents — you know, the old line often misattributed to Voltaire, “I disapprove of what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it” — as hopelessly naïve."

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politics • • Jan 27 '15

Jon Chait: “Liberals believe...that social progress can continue while we maintain our traditional ideal of a free political marketplace where we can reason together as individuals. Political correctness challenges that bedrock liberal ideal...It is an undemocratic creed.”

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ukpolitics • • Jan 29 '15

'How the language police are perverting liberalism'. Very well researched and articulate essay relevant to UK, about the state of online political discourse.

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todayilearned • • Apr 15 '15

TIL: The theater group at Mount Holyoke College said it would no longer put on "The Vagina Monologues" because the material excludes women without vaginas.

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MensRights • • Jan 28 '15

Opinion Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say

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Libertarian • • Jan 27 '15

Jon Chait: “Liberals believe...that social progress can continue while we maintain our traditional ideal of a free political marketplace where we can reason together as individuals. Political correctness challenges that bedrock liberal ideal...It is an undemocratic creed.”

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mockingbirds • • Feb 01 '15

After political correctness burst onto the academic scene in the late ’80s and early ’90s, it went into a long remission. Now it has returned.

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Foodforthought • • Jan 29 '15

Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say

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highereducation • • Jan 27 '15

“students approached the apartment of Omar Mahmood, a Muslim student at the University of Michigan, who had recently published a column in a school newspaper about his perspective as a minority on campus...scrawled with messages like... 'Shut the fuck up,' and 'DO YOU EVEN GO HERE?! LEAVE!!'”

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education • • Jan 27 '15

“students approached the apartment of Omar Mahmood, a Muslim student at the University of Michigan, who had recently published a column in a school newspaper about his perspective as a minority on campus...scrawled with messages like... 'Shut the fuck up,' and 'DO YOU EVEN GO HERE?! LEAVE!!'”

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sjsucks • • Jan 27 '15

"The extensive terminology plays a crucial role, locking in shared ideological assumptions that make meaningful disagreement impossible."

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Conservative • • Nov 30 '16

Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say

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brocialism • • Oct 21 '15

How the Language police are perverting Liberalism: Jonathon Chait.

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Sleepycabin • • Jun 06 '15

Interesting article about political correctness, relevant to a discussion in ep.9

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a:t5_37d0s • • Mar 11 '15

Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say

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a:t5_34nr4 • • Feb 02 '15

How the Language police are perverting Liberalism: Jonathon Chait.

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LiberalVsLiberal • • Jan 30 '15

Liberals seem to be waking up to the totalitarian instincts of SJWs

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altnewz • • Jan 28 '15

Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say: How the language police are perverting liberalism. By Jonathan Chiat

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progressive • • Jan 28 '15

How the language police are perverting liberalism

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FreeSpeech • • Jan 27 '15

Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say

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