“You know there's a problem when a social justice movement starts playing around with the meaning of words.”
And a related move, subtly changing the vocabulary of the conversation. From “equal pay for equal work” (a concrete, measurable goal) to “equal pay for comparable worth.” (Who’s to say what work is of comparable worth to what othe…
“You know there's a problem when a social justice movement starts playing around with the meaning of words.”
And a related move, subtly changing the vocabulary of the conversation. From “equal pay for equal work” (a concrete, measurable goal) to “equal pay for comparable worth.” (Who’s to say what work is of comparable worth to what other work? That’s what markets are for.) From “racial equality” to “equity.” And so on. After which, using the older term becomes a punishable offense, so that speaking in favor of racial equality flags you as a bigot.
It’s Alice in Wonderland come to life: “the question is whether you *can* make words mean so many different things.”
“You know there's a problem when a social justice movement starts playing around with the meaning of words.”
And a related move, subtly changing the vocabulary of the conversation. From “equal pay for equal work” (a concrete, measurable goal) to “equal pay for comparable worth.” (Who’s to say what work is of comparable worth to what other work? That’s what markets are for.) From “racial equality” to “equity.” And so on. After which, using the older term becomes a punishable offense, so that speaking in favor of racial equality flags you as a bigot.
It’s Alice in Wonderland come to life: “the question is whether you *can* make words mean so many different things.”