Think Tank Urges Dems To Drop These 45 Terms That Turn Off Normies
"...words people simply do not say, yet they hear them from Democrats"
A left-leaning think tank is urging Democrats to stop repelling normal human beings with the use of a deep grab-bag of woke words and phrases. The road to electoral Hell is paved with good intentions, writes Third Way: "The intent of this language is to include, broaden, empathize, accept, and embrace. The effect of this language is to sound like the extreme, divisive, elitist, and obfuscatory, enforcers of wokeness."
According to Third Way,
these words tell others "I’m more empathetic than you, and you are callous to hurting other’s feelings." They also make it "uncomfortable for many people to engage in hard topics," the DC-based group says.
- Privilege
- Violence (as in “environmental violence”)
- Dialoguing
- Othering
- Triggering
- Microaggression / assault/ invalidation
- Progressive stack
- Centering
- Safe space
- Holding space
- Body shaming
Third Way says these words tell people
“I’m smarter and more concerned about important issues than you." The group warns that "when we use words people don’t understand, studies show that the part of their brain that signals distrust becomes more active."
- Subverting norms
- Systems of oppression
- Critical theory
- Cultural appropriation
- Postmodernism
- Overton Window
- Heuristic
- Existential threat to [climate, the planet, democracy, the economy]
"These words say "we are beholden to groups, not individuals," said Third Way.
- Radical transparency
- Small ‘d’ democracy
- Barriers to participation
- Stakeholders
- The unhoused
- Food insecurity
- Housing insecurity
- Person who immigrated
Third Way says this jargon tells normies, “Your views on traditional genders and gender roles are at best quaint.”
- Birthing person/inseminated person
- Pregnant people
- Chest feeding
- Cisgender
- Deadnaming
- Heteronormative
- Patriarchy
- LGBTQIA+
These words signal that talking about race is even more of a minefield" with the danger of being called a racist if you fail to use the latest "correct terminology," said Third Way.
- Latinx
- BIPOC
- Allyship
- Intersectionality
- Minoritized communities
Third Way warns that these terms tell normies that “the criminal is the victim. The victim is an afterthought."
- Justice-involved
- Carceration
- Incarcerated people
- Involuntary confinement
Stop calling them language police.
... yep, I read this, I hear this, I see this ... garbage
