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In reply to the discussion: The latest "banning" (NYC_SKP) is an interesting lesson on REPUTATION. [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Folks who are into issues, not just words, find all this comedic to s point. You know why? Working class women don't give a damn about 50 shades of gray. Or a word.
They care about things like child care. Getting enough hours. The mass incarceration crisis. Look, I am a feminist who has actually broken glass ceilings. I am sorry if I do not consider people who care only about language, which is not trivia, but might as well be for people in the lower strata of society actual well feminists.
You want to talk issues, sure. You want to talk trivia and think that matters far more than equal pay, poverty wages, sexual abuse in the work place, and other real issues that affect people every day, knock yourself silly.
What I see here is that people have mostly had it with the PC language brigade. If that is what passes for middle class feminism these days, no wonder many people in the hood I have spoken to have utter disdain for it. So do I by the way.
I know I am risking a ban hammer here. But caring about shitty novels, I am being kind using the word novel, and PC language ain't gonna put food on the table, or get De'Andre out of jail, or get enough hours.
You want to discuss policy. Let's. I suggest we start with Bill Clinton's welfare reform and the crisis of mass incarceration.