Could you comrades [endearing] please recommend me any books on brain de-worming or non-discriminatory language? Or just guides in general.

I’m sure I have lots of blind spots that I haven’t addressed and a lot of self development to do, I don’t want to hurt a comrade for me to realise what I’ve said/believed is based on, or has connotations of discriminating beliefs/language. brainworms

I’m sorry in advance if this doesn’t belong here

  • hellinkilla [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Well I don’t know if I have any books on this to recommend. But I think what you are looking for is maybe to learn about micro aggressions. Specifically those based on vocabulary and language.

    I did a quick web search and I came up with this https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/SUMOFUS_PROGRESSIVE-STYLEGUIDE.pdf that has some legit items and some that I think are incorrect. For example it says you shouldn’t use the term “eco fascist”. Which is clearly a useful term. Page 35 has an appendix that links to some style guides that might be useful to peruse. You just gotta keep your commie cap on and not get more lib by mistake. :D

    edit: I did a follow up search about the above link and found this very funny page about it https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/sumofus/

    SumOfUs is an environmentalist organization which pressures businesses to adopt left-of-center policies on the environment and animal liberation. It is also involved in other left-leaning issues such as pro-abortion advocacy, support for gun control, and pro-Palestinian activism. … SumOfUs produced a “Progressive Style Guide” in 2016 as a tactical document for left-leaning activists to use as a word choice resource. 23 The Guide examined issues of race, policing, abortion, immigration, disabilities, and more.

    And they like bees 🐝 which troubles “influence watch”. 🐝 🐝 🐝