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It starts with the drive toward person-first language (a person experiencing homelessness rather than a homeless person) but then in a normal linguistic process the construction expands by analogy to situations like “marginalized community” where the logic doesn’t apply. — PolitiTweet.org

Has anyone ever explained why woke speak tends toward passive constructions, like the shift from "marginalized comm… https://t.co/pPKt1iEBY7

Posted Nov. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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@CharlesFLehman @ManhattanInst It seems Iike an “idle hands are the devil’s tool” thing to me — giving young men literally anything to do with themselves reduces crime (and having high schools closed probably added fuel to the crime fire last year) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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But like “do you ‘need’ a booster” is obviously a fake question. There is no magic risk-reduction line at which boosters cross over from being “unneeded” to “needed” just a question of what policy generates the outcome we want. — PolitiTweet.org

@mattyglesias Or the public health people wanted to limit the availability of boosters to just the people who reall… https://t.co/fRfnvlc4sm

Posted Nov. 18, 2021 Hibernated