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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:32:22 JST clacke
   Why are people finding the word "problematic" problematic?
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:32:28 JST clacke

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     • Jens Finkhäuser
     @jens Sure, but I want to understand what the supposed syntactic or semantic issue is that they're hiding behind.
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     Jens Finkhäuser (jens@social.finkhaeuser.de)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:32:29 JST Jens Finkhäuser

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     @clacke because it's used against things they cherish?

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:32:53 JST clacke

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     • MarkusL

     @markusl Things like people saying that some movie is problematic and then people saying that acshually you should have said that people see problems with this movie.

     Yeah? That's what that means? Maybe they think it sounds too definite and authoritative, like it's an innate quality, when really it's a matter of opinion?

     But I don't see this complaint when someone says a movie is stupid, smart, fun, boring, embarrassing, amazing, low-brow, an instant classic, derivative, groundbreaking, etc.

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     MarkusL (markusl@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:32:55 JST MarkusL

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     @clacke It's the first I've heard of this. What's the word being applied to? That might offer some clues.

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     MarkusL (markusl@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:33:33 JST MarkusL

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     @clacke Thanks. I understand what you're saying, but I don't have any piercing insights to share, I'm afraid.

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