wirehead-wannabe
New term to describe people I don't like: "Discourse X"

We keep having trouble coming up with good ways to describe the sorts of e.g. feminism that are harmful and abusive, so I propose that we go with “Discourse Feminism.” Discourse Feminism:

- focuses on naming and shaming individuals as a means of ideological enforcement and/or abuse

- tends to misuse academic terms, often in ways that are the exact opposite of their original meaning. Example: patriarchy, intersectionality, emotional labor

- really just wants a list of who the Bad People are so they can accuse anyone they dislike of being a Bad Person

- puts excessive focus on making sure people use the right identity labels (“if you think women are people you’re a feminist!) and PC language relative to actual substance

- treats anyone who disagrees as an Enemy To The Movement

But this is by no means limited to feminism! You can use it to describe the bad parts of any political group:

Discourse Social Justice
Discourse Anti-racism
Discourse Men’s Rights
Discourse Sex Positivity
Discourse Christianity
Discourse Communism

mitigatedchaos

“Sh-shut up. I’m not a D-discourse!”

“Yes you are. Cast her into the pit!”