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The co-opting (or "decodification") of CRT is one in a line of terms for which meanings have been changed in order to weaponize them in teh culture wars.

"Fake news" used to mean social media posts disguised as news articles but now means anything we disagree with (or as Charlie says..."I'm old enough to remember when..."). "RINO" was once used to describe Republicans who do not subscribe to traditional conservative values but now means any Republican who do not kiss the ring. We are seeing it in real time on Twitter with "doxxing" which apparently now means any location information about a person (or other information they do not want shared) instead of revealing their personal information for purposes of harassment.

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