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I saw the term "toxic intersectionality" yesterday and think we should make it a real thing. Intersectionality as a concept isn't inherently toxic. Quite the opposite, it is a very valuable concept to help us understand each other and major issues. The toxic nature comes with how it is misused and abused by a handful of social media influencers and by extension social media in general. That would be like when people play the "the person with the most intersectionality categories is the only one whose opinion/position is valid" or when it is used to decide who has "enough intersectional bona fides" to be in the "in group".
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Rigo Wenning
Rigo Wenning
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I have the feeling that a lot of toxic political debate in the anglo-saxon sphere has to do with willful slips in the semantics and use of former commonly used terms. It is a smart way to escape head2head conflicts and still play power games. But on the long run, it is really toxic.
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It is just pluralism, and pluralism is always weaponized against making decisions or supporting the majority.
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V. T. Eric Layton
V. T. Eric Layton
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There's already a word for this... it's called "propaganda", which is often disguised as advertising, advice, editorial content, religious dogma, political rhetoric, etc. Its primary purpose is to ~~influence~~ manipulate the thinking and viewpoints of specific groups or individuals. It's been honed to perfection in the last century or so.

Learn to differentiate between harmless bullshit and propaganda; the latter often leads to dangerous things in this world.

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Noam Bergman
Noam Bergman
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Interesting. I just yesterday heard a youtuber moan that the term 'toxic masculinity' has become toxic in itself. He was saying that it was originally a psychological term referring to some male prison inmates who identified masculinity with violence and so on. But it's reached the point where some people use it to mean 'anything a man does that I don't approve of'.
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Clara Listensprechen
Clara Listensprechen
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I've heard it called "herd mentality"...which never did apply to me, thank goodness. I question everything.
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