Tag: Fallacies

Word Fallacies: Why I Don’t Debate Semantics in Justice Work

It happens all too often in activist circles: someone is telling about their experience of having a traditionally oppressed identity, or, during a webinar, a facilitator uses a phrase that may be new to the person hearing it. “Excuse me,” you’ll here, “Are those really the...

Word Fallacies: Why I Don’t Debate Semantics in Justice Work

It happens all too often in activist circles: someone is telling about their experience of having a traditionally oppressed identity, or, during a webinar, a facilitator uses a phrase that may be new to the person hearing it. “Excuse me,” you’ll here, “Are those really the...