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It's funny how competing groups rally around terms that sound the same. Terms that carry positive connotations and share common words. "Pro choice" vs "pro life". And now we have "diversity and inclusion" vs "diversity of thought."

update: haha, there's a wikipedia section on this called political framing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_pro-choice_movem...

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It's sad that we no longer get names like "antidisestablishmentarianism".

Another one: Feminism and Postfeminism. I think it's basically because you can respond to a question about A with B with some melodic alliteration, the kind which draws cheers from the crowd. This idea seems to have been ported from the "yes, and ..." idea of improvisational comedy. That is, for maximum offense in a debate, agree with all the accusations of your opponent, and then hit them back with a small "but".

Are you pro-choice? I'm pro-life! Do you care about diversity? Yes, of thoughts. Are you a feminist? I'm postfeminist!

i guess i'm missing some context, because this seems kinda nonsequitur.

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