>How does it feel
Ask your mom
VDH layin' it down…
Victor Davis Hanson
Words Matter
cis—fancy Latin preposition used by those who know no Latin
class—a now taboo word that died around 2020
cultural appropriation—not dying your hair blond
dark money—never used again since it is now all leftwing
diversity—segregation revival
equality—far worse than “inequality”
equity—capitalism for me, Marxism for you
fragility—a slur used by those not of the working class against others not of the working class
Ibram X. Kendi—Bernie Madoff, Charles Ponzi, and Milli Vanilli all in one
inclusion—the good segregation
indigenous—anyone except the Vikings
intersectionality—a scorecard to tabulate woke points
marginalized—designed to deliver what being mainstream can’t
privilege—those with it claim others without it have it
systemic—like “implicit,” “institutional,” “micro,” and “structural,” a suddenly popular though invisible adjective apparently now deemed necessary to revive a noun that is often invisible
transsexual—an extinct noun deemed too empirically descriptive
transvestite—see transsexual
whiteness—often a slur used by the less-white white against the more-white white
white rage—saying “I’m sorry” too forcefully
woke—a popular insurance policy indemnifying career damage
https://victorhanson.com/words-matter-20-words-that-mean-nothing/