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In reply to the discussion: “Political correctness”: decoding a vicious, pernicious code word [View all]WatermelonRat
(340 posts)However, there definitely exist people who believe that words like "dumb" and "stupid" are ableist and that it is appropriation for white people to do yoga. For a non-tumblr example, here is a blogger who most definitely is not a troll or satirist claiming that the word "seminal" is sexist (because it derives from the same ancient Roman word for semen, you see).
http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2014/04/21/dont-say-seminal-its-sexist/
I am well aware that there are plenty of right-wingers who use the term as a means of minimizing criticism of objectively offensive behavior, but I've also seen quite a bit of nonsensical labelling of the benign as sinister. I personally do prefer to avoid using the term because it has largely been tainted by the former group; however I'm also aware that many who use it do so in reference to the latter.