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So it used to be that when people said "racism" they meant "prejudice" like a mortgage lender decides he hates Black people so he won't lend them money. Today people (especially younger and better-educated ones) mean something more comprehensive. — PolitiTweet.org

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Black person: gets mortgage denied Pinker: well, was it really racism? or was it simply because the US government,… https://t.co/IK8PEykTNO

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Suppose instead of a single $1 trillion coin, the Mint created a series platinum "treasury notes" redeemable on a fixed time table with durations of between two and ten years — does that suddenly stop being absurd? — PolitiTweet.org

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I think it is a little obtuse of Pinker, an actual linguist, to pretend he is not aware of how language change works and that this is what has happened here. — PolitiTweet.org

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