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Remember kids, Tankies wants to undermine democracy - same as facists.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It has been used as a pejorative so much that it's no longer an accepted medical term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

what if i want to take it back, for medicine? is it possible to build a political platform on this sole issue? probably not, but that's not a reason not to try .

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Republicans have already made supporting hate speech part of their platform, so they'd probably be receptive to it if you claim that it's woke to discourage the word's usage.