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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy does Schultz want people to say "people of means" instead of "billionaires" when
what he really means is "people who count"?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)PSPS
(13,641 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,255 posts).
That brief mental pause takes the mind and emotion out of the moment and reduces it's impact.
My Doctor of African American Studies, at college, would state that there are two ways to use the n-word. The first is to use it as 'n-word' when placed in a position to writing about something, however, the full n***** word should be spelled out when directly quoting a racist. If you substitute the raw coarseness of n***** with something else, such as using asterisks, or 'n-word,' there is a millisecond of decoding that occurs which causes an emotional disconnect that gives the racist cover, because the reader is detached slightly from the power of that word and the one who used it.
It's sort of like how White Supremacists want to be call Alt-Right, because Alt-Right has no real meaning and it masks who those people actually are. Billionaires should be called billionaires, and billionaires who try to transfer their wealth into political power should be called plutocrats!
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Atticus
(15,124 posts)Hekate
(91,013 posts)Don't be fooled.
TheOther95Percent
(1,035 posts)Or people with spray-on tans?
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)Here's a billionaire who's not mean: J.K. Rowling. She's dropping down on the wealthiest list, because she's giving substantial amounts away.
She's not running around complaining about taxes.
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)Tax them like it's the 1950's all over again.
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)Know what I mean?
delisen
(6,047 posts)I think that scares billionaires
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)"Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul to waste..."
LAS14
(13,791 posts)Iggo
(47,597 posts)Which is not insulting at all.