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I don’t know about in Europe, but in the States this is a terribly-destructive concept, oft used by the right and elitists to manipulate and destroy other peoples lives.

It is, and it's also (ab)used by all sides, even my own.

That is something I first felt real ashamed about but then I realized it had helped me open my eyes and realize I should not trust any side by default, not even my own. Mine even less so, as a matter of fact, knowing I was already biased in its favor.

That 'protect the kids' I shared as an obvious example is indeed used by all sides... saying someone is some kind of perv is the surest way to really harm them and their own side with them, and to disqualify any correct argument they might have, at the same time.

It's a shame but, like I said, realizing that was eye opening for me: we're no better than they are, we're willing to be the same kind of lying assholes when it serves us to be so.

I don’t think we need to get hung up on semantics, there

I think we do. Nowadays probably more than ever as we quickly see an erosion in our ability to use articulated and to express (edit: and to listen to) nuanced thoughts.

edit: clarification/rephrasing.