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  • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerulejob
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    26 days ago

    Great write up, this highlights how powerful the way we use language can be, and why it’s important to consider the words and vocabulary we choose.

    The way we use language affects the way we think, it reframes topics and normalizes ideas.

    Patriarchal expressions are what we call “loaded”, similar to how calling an immigrant “alien” strips them of their humanity, or using the terms “blacklist” and “whitelist” reinforces “white good, black bad”.

    Loaded language can be used accidentally, or strategically to convey a particular emotion, and language can equally be unloaded, such as in the case of “letting go” instead of “firing”, or “passed away” instead of “died”, it distances the concept from the underlying emotion.