Notable "never-Trump"er David Brooks questioned in a (NYT) op-ed whether liberal elites are actually the "bad guys."

Using words like problematic, cisgender, Latinx and intersectional is a sure sign that you’ve got cultural capital coming out of your ears. Meanwhile, members of the less-educated classes have to walk on eggshells, because they never know when we’ve changed the usage rules, so that something that was sayable five years ago now gets you fired.”

  • Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Name one thing that was legitimately socially acceptable five years ago, not just something ‘you could get away with’, that would get you fired today.

    If it’s not okay to say it now, it probably never was.