# Normal is the new abnormal -- forbidden adjectives

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**Created:** [March 9, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-is-the-new-abnormal-forbidden-adjectives/937554 "2021-03-09T22:19:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-is-the-new-abnormal-forbidden-adjectives/937554/249 "2021-03-16T08:29:35Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> They didn’t leave _because_ they were PoC, so what’s your point?

US progressives as a group are richer, whiter, and more educated than the average American, and so penalising posters (even just socially) for ideological non-conformity contributes to an overly-white message board. Lots of posters have left or been banned at least partly due to ideological disagreement, and I think POC are more likely to leave for this reason because fewer hold the one approved viewpoint™.

Kind of ironic since progressives are strongly opposed to racism.

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