[ExI] Protest

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Jun 2, 2020, at 12:12 PM, spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Dave Sill via
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> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 12:59 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> See, for a different take: https://c4ss.org/content/52928
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> No doubt, some will be triggered by the author’s use of chud and fash.
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> That was...different, as promised. :-) Hard to read even with my Urban Dictionary open.
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> -Dave 
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> Ja, even the Urban Dictionary didn’t help that much.   Words which have not been around very long have no consensus definition.  I can’t be triggered by words I don’t understand.  I removed those mystery words and tried to comprehend the meaning of the article from context.  No luck.
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> Perhaps if the author were to rewrite using only the words in the current edition of Miriam Webster using the definitions found there, the meaning would be clear.

Let me try to guess the words that might have given some difficulty with the piece, roughly in order of appearance

chud -- term of opprobrium used against the alt-right; think of it as calling someone an asshole
POC -- person of colour
fashy/fash -- fascist (adjective/noun)
apparatchik -- official or bureaucrat, usually meant as a snear
woke -- enlightened or aware, as in consciousness raising
protest managerial class -- group of people, usually politicians, who attempt to control protests for their class or personal interests

By the way, I don't know enough about Hardesty. Her advocating a curfew and all that might be her caving to pressure or from fear what the police might do, but it could be just that she's following the long line of radicals who, once elected and having become part of the ruling class, suddenly discover they don't want radical change.

Regards,

Dan
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