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  > We should stop using terms that are clearly propaganda
  > created by the film and music industry to try to muddy
  > the waters.
This is an instance of reappropriation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reappropriation

It is similar to the way groups have reappropriated slurs like “slut,” “nigger,” or “queer."



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