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    The image next to Wittgenstein is actually John Turturro saying ‘If pasta could talk, I’d understand it’.–On a lighter note:…

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    Like the image next to Kripke’s name, that is in fact not an image of G. E. Moore, either.

How the Wokerati talk: a guide

This was a rare gem from one of the old metablogs; it's a shame the author can't be given credit for their guide to the special (mis)use of language by the "woke":

The vocab is hard to keep up with. Should we start a running glossary?

"Problematic": adj. (of arguments) false; (of pratices) must be banned; (of utterances) must be retracted and apologised for; (of tweets) must be deleted;

"Free speech": n. a problematic concept [see above]

"Censorship": n. the alleged suppression of problematic ideas, a largely mythical practice. [compare "silence"]

"Silence": v. (1) to ignore, not talk about. (2) to disagree with (3) to discuss a marginalized individual [see below] in terms they would prefer not to be discussed

"erase": v. synonym for silence

"identity": n. an (esp. marginalised) individual's conception of themself. NB all other definitions, such as those which have been explored by philosophers over the past two millennia, are problematic [see above]

"offense" – n. something nobody ever complained about [compare "harm"]

"harm" – the inevitable consequence of erasing [see above] an individuals identity [see above]

"listen" – (to a marginalised individual), agree with, show deference to,

"bully" – v. synonym for erase

"expert" – n. a marginalised person

"educate" – v. to inform a non-marginalised person of the correct opinion

"safe space" – one in which no identity is erased. Unsafe spaces are problematic [see above].

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