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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Well, I am sorry I don't fit into your arbitrary box then. Feel free to dismiss their words on the basis that they are demonstrably using those terms as a way to generalize and dismiss others.
I maintain that assuming people are mindless haters merely because they use an acronym is blatant hypocrisy, with the standard level of irony that that entails.
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When Brad picked an acronym like CHORF (Cliquish, Holier-than-thou, Obnoxious, Reactionary, Fanatics), I don't think it was satire, and I don't think it was meant to portray a concept that was not pejorative. Granted, the people he refers to are generally not in any sort of cohesive organization, but I do think he believes them to be his opposition, and in general, when someone makes up a term for their opposition, there's usually a fair dose of pejorative thrown in. When you're using a hater's term for a another group, you're probably unconsciously picking up some of their bias. Do you think pro-life/pro-choice and anti-abortion/pro-abortion have equivalent connotations?