When picking battles, policing language is a bad strategy.
Action speaks louder than words.
-online, nonprofit sector, and politics people focus on language.
-we literally had Russian spies starting fights over language as a psychological warfare method to destroy the united states
-hyperfocusing on language is one of the key points in the CIA's handbook on destroying organizations
-Words don't mean much in a propaganda state.
-Telling the public how things should be said increases charisma tools for narcissists.
-Language isn't universally offensive or accepted. Contexts are much more accurate and important.
-Actions speak louder than words.
-Policing language can gate keep. People often don't control the language they are around, and that's the vocabulary they use.
-Policing language can be ableist. People who struggle with brain fog, code switching, or other neurological issues might be forced to default to the vocabulary they work with.
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