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In reply to the discussion: RIP “Mansplaining" [View all]

Warren DeMontague

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6. Could have told anyone willing to listen this would happen, but then I might be accused of....
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 02:14 AM
Oct 2014


Anyway, yes, again, another ham-fisted phrase which came out of a recognition of a real phenomenon, but was then beaten into the ground to the point of a fairly predictable backlash, again proving that probably the least qualified people on the internet to wage wars for social justice are self-appointed internet social justice warriors.

See the etymology of the phrase "politically correct" which was, once upon a time, used with breathy earnestness on college campuses in the 80s, until it became a joke of itself and finally a RW talking point.

...Shit, I did it again!

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