It’s not that these words don’t have their place in certain historical or contemporary contexts. It’s that they have been used ad nauseam recently, so much so that their true meanings have been lost. If we’re going to get to a higher level of critical reading and thinking in 2024, we need to put a pause on some of these words - or at least use them sparingly and in the appropriate situations.
Other suggestions:
"gaslighting"
" privileged"
Also good ones. It was hard to narrow it down.
AMEN!!