• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

    We used to critique whig historiography, maybe we need to critique whig linguistics too. “Westoid” reeks of campism, that’s not something to just accept and move on.

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      yhea, but judging language is something I don’t want to waste energy doing. as long as I’m confident I understood the meaning I don’t care.

      And often people adopt those terms ironically. or spread naturally by kids grabbing new words.

      it might be a slight red flag, but too many false positives to care.