That is, “when you hear these words, you know it’s safe to stop taking
someone seriously”. In no particular order:
- Cis
- Male Gaze
- Intersectional
- Misgendering
- (qualifier) Justice
- Gender Binary
- Cultural Appropriation
- Woke
- Mansplaining
- Misogyny
- Heteropatriarchy
- Diversity
- Rape Culture
- Zionist
- Manspreading
- (whatever) Is A Social Construct
- Whitewashing
- Triggering
- (made-up personal pronoun)
- Privilege
- (whatever) Denier
- Disparate Impact
- Heteronormative
- Patriarchy
- Fascist
- Structural (whatever)
- Homophobia
- Inclusive
- Gender Identity
- Nazi
- Transphobia
What did I leave out?
(note that it is possible to use some of these words and phrases in
a way that is not meaningless blather, but that’s not the way to bet)
Updates
- Sustainable
- Organic
- Vegan
- Fair Trade
- GMO-Free
- Gluten-Free
- (insert latest virtue-signaling buzzword here)
- Agency
- Problematic
- No True Scotsman (fallacy most often committed by people who are
accusing others of committing it…)
- Ally
- (whatever) Traitor
- Toxic (whatever)
- Voting Against Their Interests (which always means “voting against
my interests”)
- The Right/Wrong Side Of History
How could I have forgotten?!?
…and from the reliably-fucked-up virtue-signalers at boingboing
(linking to an article on an “SF” site that must come with a built-in
fainting couch; seriously, the brief excerpt starts with this
hilariously nonsensical statement: “the heterosexism goggles, which
derange content via chauvinist interpretive paradigms”)
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