Leftist Language about Racists and Rapists

When changing some words might change some minds

This is kinda rough, both intellectually and emotionally. We’ll be talking racial oppression and sexual violence. And in that heavy context trying to do some careful intellectual work. Feel free to pass on this one! Or to comment or email explaining what you think I got wrong!

So the same words get used with different meanings. And I think some efforts by leftists or progressives to confront or correct or educate or persuade would work better if instead of insisting on our preferred meanings of preferred terms we worked to actually explain the ideas underneath.

1) Rape: age, power, force. Racism: hearts, stereotypes, systems:

2) Was that comment racist? Is that man a rapist?

(Correction: Brand is indeed accused of using physical force.)

3) Bracing for beef:

Thank you for your interest friends and enemies and internet strangers.