Kady M.
Kady M.
Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read

Regardless of what you happen to think of the term, that is the term that is commonly used — so if you want to carry on an intelligible conversation about this you should at least try to understand it.

I reflexively push back against inaccurate redefinition of the English language to suit. I dislike it when people who push back against, for example, homosexual marriage referred to as “-phobic”, because a phobia, which is a scientific term with a specific meaning, rarely enters into equation, if at all.

With regards to this creative use of the term “tribe”, I didn’t hear it used at all WRT politics until this last election, when suddenly the left resurrected it and redefined it to (seemingly) rationalize, in a derogatory fashion towards their opponents, why they lost a very winnable election. Since it’s inaccurate and provocative, I would prefer to simply correct whoever uses it rather than use it myself.

In the meantime, I have no problem understanding what they are attempting to convey by their misuse of the term.

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    Kady M.

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    Kady M.

    Data Driven Conservative. In love with economics. Data scientist and IBM Watson tekkie. Muslim by faith, born in the USA and as American as apple pie.