Red Flag Words

[Dormin111]

I have started my own list of what I call "Red Flag Words/Phrases." When I see or hear someone use an RFWP, I automatically become highly suspicious of them. This is not to say that these words necessarily refer to incoherent concepts (though they can), but that these concepts are usually used to advocate for bad ideas. Here is my list thus far:

 

·        Discourse

·        Social Justice

·        Verbal Construct

·        Neoliberal

·        Sociology/Sociological

·        Society (especially “we as a society”)

·        Community

·        Privilege

·        Dialectic

·        Recursive

·        Collective/Greater/Public Good

·        Biased/Unbiased

·        Objectification

·        Commodification

·        Human Rights

·        Racial/Gender Identity

 

 

 

Please add more.

Edited November 22, 2013 by Dormin111

[CrowEpistemologist]

Recursive? I think this was already discussed here.

Edited November 22, 2013 by CrowEpistemologist

[Nicky]

Recursive?