Not really- they're good at changing the definition of words until they win and conservatives are horrible at denying the change because all they can conserve is the slow decline into clown world.
Fair point. I thought you were referring to their ability to pull new word salads out their ass and pretend like they've said something profoundly academic- like how pedos are now Non-Offending Minor-Attracted Persons (No-MAP). They certainly know how to re-market awful ideas so they sound palatable at surface level.
Sure, they've managed to subvert the dictionary definitions, but all that's really done is make dictionaries inaccurate. Since most people are unaware of the culture war or how deep it goes, racism will remain racism and not "prejudice + power" until there is a significant shift in the zeitgeist.
I still have hope that the only reason they've been able to make it so far is because people just aren't aware. We've been seeing signs of the pendulum swinging the other way- they abused the social power of offence so much that it's losing its effectiveness. We can only hope enough of the population wakes up sooner rather than later.
Well, preaching ranting to the choir, but got to scream into the void somewhere. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
They definitely do, they just don't want you to know that the shift is entirely manufactured. The overton window has shifted a lot in just a few years, but I feel they've been rushing it lately as resistance has started growing. Bit of a vicious cycle where they want to make the change before the narrative collapse, but rushing speeds up the collapse and thus makes the change more urgent and so on.
Not really- they're good at changing the definition of words until they win and conservatives are horrible at denying the change because all they can conserve is the slow decline into clown world.
Fair point. I thought you were referring to their ability to pull new word salads out their ass and pretend like they've said something profoundly academic- like how pedos are now Non-Offending Minor-Attracted Persons (No-MAP). They certainly know how to re-market awful ideas so they sound palatable at surface level.
Sure, they've managed to subvert the dictionary definitions, but all that's really done is make dictionaries inaccurate. Since most people are unaware of the culture war or how deep it goes, racism will remain racism and not "prejudice + power" until there is a significant shift in the zeitgeist.
I still have hope that the only reason they've been able to make it so far is because people just aren't aware. We've been seeing signs of the pendulum swinging the other way- they abused the social power of offence so much that it's losing its effectiveness. We can only hope enough of the population wakes up sooner rather than later.
Well,
preachingranting to the choir, but got to scream into the void somewhere. ¯_(ツ)_/¯They definitely do, they just don't want you to know that the shift is entirely manufactured. The overton window has shifted a lot in just a few years, but I feel they've been rushing it lately as resistance has started growing. Bit of a vicious cycle where they want to make the change before the narrative collapse, but rushing speeds up the collapse and thus makes the change more urgent and so on.