Re: He/she, Racism, and the Boundless Hipocrisy of the L

[Alan Dove <ad52@columbia.edu>]

> I just wanted to add that referring to issues as 'trivial' is a well-known
> tactic used by power structures to maintain themselves. If a structure is
> successful in convincing the populace that a certain issue is trivial, it
> is therefore not worth their time to resist it, and so that structure
> stays in place, and also paves the way for new structures in the same
> trivialized category. 

Ah, so now the word "trivial" is itself evil, right?  I used it, therefore
I must be trying to entrench the established power structure.  Blast,
you've uncovered my conspiracy.  We'll be talking about you in the
smoke-filled room tonight.

          --Alan
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