Query: Pejoratives for Liberals

ANNE V. GILBERT avgilbert at PRODIGY.NET
Sat Sep 23 19:56:40 UTC 2000


Bob:

> One man's opinion: Methinks he doth protest too much. The loaded
> language is a dead giveaway. He or she is right, he or she is not a
> conservative. He or she is a Neandertal.

I rarely reply to this list, but quite frankly, I'm getting tired of the use
of the word "Neandertal" for people whose opinions one considers
"unprogressive" or whatever.  This kind of "loaded" language just
perpetuates various stereotypes.  And I, personally, have a stake in this.
If you want to know what it is, you can write me privately, offlist.
Anne Gilbert



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