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'Problematic' - calling card of the Ultra Woke?

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Freespeecher · 21/04/2019 10:18

Whenever I read an article which has some kind of thought or behaviour described as 'problematic', it's inevitably a giveaway that the Ultra Woke want something they class as 'wrongthink' to be banned, shut down or otherwise expunged as it represents an unwelcome detour from the One True Path?

Do others agree? And are there other such phrases that set the Spidey Sense tingling?

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Ali1cedowntherabbithole · 21/04/2019 11:11

Not language, but 99% of media articles written/ghost written by celebs.

you don’t understand because you are thick, and not enlightened, like me

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 21/04/2019 11:02

the word gender. it of course has legitimate and useful usage. but is all too often used to make an outrageously sexist statement sound right on.

unfortunately any language around fighting inequality, looking at intersecting oppression etc makes me tense up. which is actually very bad as it will certainly lead to throwing the baby out with the bathwater in the style of the current opposition to the no outsiders programme.

Imnobody4 · 21/04/2019 11:00

'Inclusive' (and I used to use social inclusion quite happily) and 'bigot' I've heard that word more in the last year than in the last 20 years.

Whatisthisfuckery · 21/04/2019 10:47

Far right or conservative views.

Usually not describing far right views, just views that the uberwoke author has decided must be evil because they don’t agree with them. Conservative being shorthand for doesn’t strictly adhere to woke doctrine.

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Freespeecher · 21/04/2019 10:39

BelleHathor

Yes! Not for nothing did Godfrey Elfwick / Titania McGrath pick up on 'educate urself'.

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GabrielleNelson · 21/04/2019 10:38

'Check your privilege', which is so often said to people who are quite obviously not as privileged as the sanctimonious prat saying it.

BuzzPeakWankBobbly · 21/04/2019 10:33

It's similar to "chaotic" when used in terms of someone's life.

It essentially means "lives in a shit tip and/or has various other problems", but it's a right-on tip-toey way to say so.

But yeah, "problematic" is almost always seen in close proximity to a "preferred pronouns" status.

Xiaoxiong · 21/04/2019 10:30

Even worse - "problematise" Envy

LettuceBe · 21/04/2019 10:28

AFAB/AMAB. That makes me so bloody angry.

SarahTancredi · 21/04/2019 10:24

I roll my eyes when I see the phrases like non binary trans femme. It's like wtf does that even mean. Besides blue hair and a bright orange tu tu.

LettuceBe · 21/04/2019 10:23

I detest the word problematic now. It is used for every little thing that someone doesn't like and it's such a meaningless term. It tells me nothing about the book. It covers everything from There aren't enough trans people of colour in this book to a character expressed an opinion that I disagree with to this author is a known paedophile and is using his book to promote the idea that adult/child relationships are a positive thing.

BelleHathor · 21/04/2019 10:22

"Educate yourself" and "wrong side of history" immediately set my spidey senses tingling Grin