Great insight, thanks for sharing. Never thought to consider the history of the term.
So overall you have an amorphous, meaningless label that boils down to little more than
This reminds me a lot of the definition of feminism, or social justice, or even Antifa; the term has become so nebulous in the public sphere that 5 different people arguing about it all have 5 different definitions that they are arguing for or against, all the while assuming that everyone else has the same definition that they do, which is usually not the case. Like you said, discourse gets watered down until it can be used as a shield or bludgeon by whomever is wielding it.
Great insight, thanks for sharing. Never thought to consider the history of the term.
This reminds me a lot of the definition of feminism, or social justice, or even Antifa; the term has become so nebulous in the public sphere that 5 different people arguing about it all have 5 different definitions that they are arguing for or against, all the while assuming that everyone else has the same definition that they do, which is usually not the case. Like you said, discourse gets watered down until it can be used as a shield or bludgeon by whomever is wielding it.