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When are semantically non-hostile expressions equivalent to pragmatically hostile ones?
An example being the phrase "White lives matter" (or even "All lives matter") as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Another example would be: "I'm straight and I'm not ashamed," as a response to the LGBTQ movement.
I personally feel…
Samuel Novelinka
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