Are you doing a terrible job of articulating that the specific term “radfem” (as opposed to the full radical feminist) is a dog whistle? Because it seems like you’re saying socialists shouldn’t call themselves socialists because the Nazis called themselves national socialists.
I think you are willfully misinterpreting me if you think I’m implying that. Radfem is specifically used by TERFs, yes. Terrible people appropriate neutral or positive terms to make themselves sound better all the time. Understanding specific contexts where those appropriations are used to signal bad faith usage is important so you don’t end up platforming TERFs and Nazis, reasonable enough?
I’m not willfully misinterpreting you, you’re just a bad communicator - I asked a clear and direct question with two distinct options, and you chose ‘that’. I’m more confident you’re just trying to say ‘“radfem” is a dogwhistle’, but you’re still dancing around the point for no apparent reason.
Are you doing a terrible job of articulating that the specific term “radfem” (as opposed to the full radical feminist) is a dog whistle? Because it seems like you’re saying socialists shouldn’t call themselves socialists because the Nazis called themselves national socialists.
I think you are willfully misinterpreting me if you think I’m implying that. Radfem is specifically used by TERFs, yes. Terrible people appropriate neutral or positive terms to make themselves sound better all the time. Understanding specific contexts where those appropriations are used to signal bad faith usage is important so you don’t end up platforming TERFs and Nazis, reasonable enough?
I’m not willfully misinterpreting you, you’re just a bad communicator - I asked a clear and direct question with two distinct options, and you chose ‘that’. I’m more confident you’re just trying to say ‘“radfem” is a dogwhistle’, but you’re still dancing around the point for no apparent reason.