02-15-2018, 04:21 PM
(02-15-2018, 03:44 PM)michaelsean Wrote: So when the white power or whatever use this term are they using it incorrectly? I mean, I'm sure they use a lot of terms and we really shouldn't have to change our vocabulary every time they say something.
It's not because of the white nationalists that I am suggesting this. The term is being used by a partisan side and tying it to a negative emotional appeal. Because of this, the term has become charged. They added an electron to the atom that is the word.
(02-15-2018, 03:46 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Isn’t it time we just stopped being “triggered” by everything that we don’t agree with? Back in the day when that happened we just dealt with it and moved on.... we didn’t run to an adult and cry like a baby over someone using a word.
Words only have the power we give them. If you think he chain migration monster lives under your bed then you will Be In Fear.
The link just states it’s an academic term used for years and recently got politicized because the trump administration used it? ...... so it’s a negative word because the trump administration used an academic word when describing their immigration plan? That makes zero sense.
Toughen up. (This is for the people scared of the phrase chain migration)
The mental block that is put up when politically charged words are used is not a conscious thing. It happens to you, it happens to everyone. It is a psychological phenomenon that you have to actively work against to get around. This is why language choice matters. The words we use can initiate a defensive position in the person we are having a conversation with. This is why you get the reactions you do so often. You choose politically charged language and it results in a similar reaction from others. It continues into a downward spiral until one or both people involved end up in a staff initiated timeout. This also prevents any sort of actual movement on opinions. If you want to genuinely have a conversation about the merits or lack thereof of something, then choosing less charged language will help with that. Otherwise, you are doing nothing but tilting at windmills.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
