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Murdered by Words

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Responses that completely destroy the original argument in a way that leaves little to no room for reply - a targeted, well-placed response to another person, organization, or group of people.

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[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's part of it, but police jargon is meant to dehumanize suspects. They could just as easily say man or woman but those words imply person-hood. While animals can be male or female they can't be a man or woman. Male-Black-46 works just as well to describe an animal in a study as a human on the street.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

The words “man” and “woman” imply that the person is an adult, which is an unnecessary added connotation.