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		Sniffnoy on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... To be clear, this supposed etymology is absolutely false. Wikipedia has an entire page about this myth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb

coffeeblack on Dec 20, 2022 [–]

Sadly, it’s about feelings, not facts. That’s how indoctrination works.

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