Anonymous
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8/26/2025, 3:18:33 PM
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Dems being advised to cut out ‘woke words’ they tried forcing everyone to use is a rich irony
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/opinion/dems-nix-45-woke-words-from-vocab-privilege-birthing-person-latinx-intersectionality-and-more/
https://archive.is/44jvx
The Dems have a novel strategy as they look towards 2028: sound normal.
This comes from a new policy memo, published online by left-leaning think tank Third Way, that suggested politicians scrap 44 words — such as “privilege,” “cultural appropriation,” “the unhoused,” “birthing person,” “Latinx” and “justice-involved” — from from their vocabulary ASAP.
Dems are a little late in realizing that everyday Americans are turned off by the academic gobbledygook that’s been coming out of politicians’ mouths.
The great irony is, after years of policing everyone else’s speech to enforce the standards of wokeness, Democrats now need to speech-police each other to sound less woke — that is, if they want to stop hemorrhaging popular support.
The memo breaks down alienating language into six categories, the first of which is “therapy speak.” Third Way advises that these words — such as “triggering,” “safe space,” “holding space,” “body shaming” and “centering” — condescendingly imply to voters that “I’m more empathetic than you.”
Similarly, “seminar room language,” the report claims, suggests “I’m smarter and more concerned about important issues than you” and “your kitchen table concerns are small.”
The terms that communicate that message include “subverting norms,” “systems of oppression,” “critical theory” and “Overton Window.”
This is the very sort of language that reveals that Democrats are no longer the party of the underdog. They have taken up the side — and the language — of the educated elite.
The report also advises getting rid of terms that suggest one is “beholden to groups, not individuals” and that “people have no agency,” such as “radical transparency,” “stakeholders,” “food insecurity,” “housing insecurity,” and “person who immigrated.”
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https://archive.is/44jvx
The Dems have a novel strategy as they look towards 2028: sound normal.
This comes from a new policy memo, published online by left-leaning think tank Third Way, that suggested politicians scrap 44 words — such as “privilege,” “cultural appropriation,” “the unhoused,” “birthing person,” “Latinx” and “justice-involved” — from from their vocabulary ASAP.
Dems are a little late in realizing that everyday Americans are turned off by the academic gobbledygook that’s been coming out of politicians’ mouths.
The great irony is, after years of policing everyone else’s speech to enforce the standards of wokeness, Democrats now need to speech-police each other to sound less woke — that is, if they want to stop hemorrhaging popular support.
The memo breaks down alienating language into six categories, the first of which is “therapy speak.” Third Way advises that these words — such as “triggering,” “safe space,” “holding space,” “body shaming” and “centering” — condescendingly imply to voters that “I’m more empathetic than you.”
Similarly, “seminar room language,” the report claims, suggests “I’m smarter and more concerned about important issues than you” and “your kitchen table concerns are small.”
The terms that communicate that message include “subverting norms,” “systems of oppression,” “critical theory” and “Overton Window.”
This is the very sort of language that reveals that Democrats are no longer the party of the underdog. They have taken up the side — and the language — of the educated elite.
The report also advises getting rid of terms that suggest one is “beholden to groups, not individuals” and that “people have no agency,” such as “radical transparency,” “stakeholders,” “food insecurity,” “housing insecurity,” and “person who immigrated.”
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