This is the kind of condescension that had people vote for him in protest. Matt didn't say "ease up on fascism." He said ease up on language policing, virtue signaling and intractability. My Salvadoran family members find this annoying and feel condescended to. I learned this the hard way.

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For me "folx" was the sell signal

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Bad take. Saying "your language is wrong, you should use Latinx akshually" isn't being "too kind," it's being condescending and patronizing.

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Some other examples of the weird language movement are BIPOC, AFAB, LGBTQIA+, AANHPI, uterus haver, birthing person and chest feeding. Regular people don't talk in that online jargon. Democrats just lost a major election. This is the perfect time to discuss why -- and how they can win again.

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Although it's a small part of it, language silliness like "Latinx" is part of the reason Trump won. Yglesias has a big list of topics he's going through to help Democrats win elections and language policing is just one of them.

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