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		throwawaysea on Feb 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Cana... FYI Merriam Webster is among the worst dictionaries. They are highly activist and have redefined words repeatedly to suit the progressive/far-left political platform. A couple examples (but there are more): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52993306 https://www.dailywire.com/news/merriam-webster-suddenly-alte...

pseudalopex on Feb 6, 2022 [–]

They added systemic oppression of a racial group to the 3 definitions of racism they already had. Do you deny this is a common meaning?

LGBT people objected to sexual preference since the 1980s at least.[1]

[1] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-07-23-860223...

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