"I've always been interested in how movements develop their own languages.
Like if you hear people talking about things being "problematic," you can assume you're talking to progressives. Or if you hear "illegals," you know it's a conservative. Or how you know the person calls himself a libertarian the second you hear "actually it's hebephilia."
-- Adam Bates.
Diagram courtesy of Zeno Kay.
Like if you hear people talking about things being "problematic," you can assume you're talking to progressives. Or if you hear "illegals," you know it's a conservative. Or how you know the person calls himself a libertarian the second you hear "actually it's hebephilia."
-- Adam Bates.
Diagram courtesy of Zeno Kay.