Found this article in the longreads community arguing why “politically correct” terms shouldn’t be used. You guys have any thoughts?

  • MechanismaticEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    Ironically, instead of “prescribing against,” it seems like you mean proscribing.

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyzM
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      20 hours ago

      Both “to prescribe against [thing]” and “to proscribe [thing]” are functionally equivalent in this context, at least acc. to how I use both words:

      • to prescribe - to lay down rules on what should be accepted / rejected.
      • to proscribe - to forbid, to strongly recommend against something.

      But I’d rather use the first one here due to the topic, prescriptivism.