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Headless_Grammarian t1_jasnxt6 wrote

It's trying to make codes for what words can be used in order to separate us (the good people) from them (the bad people). And it will have classist effects - the people who are educated at higher institutions will be able to sneer at the uneducated who still use words like urban and the poor.

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vaikrunta OP t1_jauhyww wrote

To nullify the classist effects you would have to let people speak the way they want to and then we are back to square one.

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Headless_Grammarian t1_javbaqr wrote

Right. My problem is that there are words I think shouldn't be used in polite company, like the n-word (except by black people). So I'm inconsistent in this. It's a knot I haven't figured out how to untangle.

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