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Ravikiran Rao's avatar

I wrote on the topic of Language policing:

https://telcoldtakes.substack.com/p/fighting-language-policing

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Ravikiran Rao's avatar

That is why I push back against the tyranny of inclusive language by using "commit suicide", "slave" and "actress" where appropriate.

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Karthik S's avatar

what's wrong wiht "commit suicide"? should one say "self suicide" or something?

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Ravikiran Rao's avatar

Check out any newspaper these days. You'll see that no one commits suicide. They kill themselves or take their own lives. They die by suicide, but never commit it. The theory seems to be that the use of the word "commit" implies some sort of crime.

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