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  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    “Politically correct” was, afaik, the GOP stealing a concept from academia and then misusing it in bad faith. They just lobbed it at everyone who was opposed to torturemurdering black children. Same thing with “bleeding heart”, Woke, Critical race theory, and I’m sure many others I have forgotten due to the brain abraiding side effects of AMerican politics.

    • KobaCumTribute [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      “Politically correct” was, afaik, the GOP stealing a concept from academia and then misusing it in bad faith.

      AFAIK it was a sardonic left-punching thing left-libs were doing to begin with, like a bunch of socdems and trots chortling about things not being “politically correct” to mock MLs and maoists. I can only imagine it as the 80s equivalent of redditors going “I’m as left as they come and I’ll get *starts giggling* banned for this, but China bad tinyman square 1984 -700 social credit! *bursts out laughing*” and then being upvoted by CIA bots and given awards.