It is amusing, in a sad way, how once you provide facts to these people that they just simply start attacking because it's all they've got left. They are not actually interested in a conversation of information with open minds. Change is just too scary for cultists.
Out of all of the terms in the right-wing lexicon, this one is the most fascinating to me. I always get the impression that the people who use it non-ironically think that liberals really do think [racist/sexist/gender/orientation stereotype] is true, but due to the vast importance we put on being politically correct, we can't say it and we can't let anyone else say it, either. Also, we strictly enforce politically correct terms as some sort of "gotcha" as a way of hypocritically punishing people for behavior we all secretly indulge in ourselves.
In any case, when someone does use the phrase non-ironically, I pretty much stop paying attention to their argument.
All I can say is have fun with the bigot. No sense in talking sense to some people.
The only benefits I ever got from the pursuit is understanding more clearly what it is I think and why I think it, and that I have written some of my best and most passionate stuff at these people.
The original message that started the debate was posted by someone I went to high school with. I actually *did* get a thoughtful, nuanced explanation from her of why the commercial bothered her. It had to do with her feeling like the country is disintegrating, and her longing for her sugar-coated memory of the way it was in the 80s.
Nothing she said was the least bit persuasive to me, of course, but it gave me a better understanding of why she felt the way she does.
Ah, the 1980s. Such a magical time, when Saint Ronnie was president and the most prominent black person in the country was Cliff Huxtable (a fictional character from a popular sitcom).
I knew as soon as I saw that Coke ad that the social media and the right-wing blogosphere was going to explode with rage.
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Out of all of the terms in the right-wing lexicon, this one is the most fascinating to me.
I always get the impression that the people who use it non-ironically think that liberals really do think [racist/sexist/gender/orientation stereotype] is true, but due to the vast importance we put on being politically correct, we can't say it and we can't let anyone else say it, either.
Also, we strictly enforce politically correct terms as some sort of "gotcha" as a way of hypocritically punishing people for behavior we all secretly indulge in ourselves.
In any case, when someone does use the phrase non-ironically, I pretty much stop paying attention to their argument.
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The only benefits I ever got from the pursuit is understanding more clearly what it is I think and why I think it, and that I have written some of my best and most passionate stuff at these people.
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Nothing she said was the least bit persuasive to me, of course, but it gave me a better understanding of why she felt the way she does.
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I knew as soon as I saw that Coke ad that the social media and the right-wing blogosphere was going to explode with rage.
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