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nydwracu comments on "NRx" vs. "Prog" Assumptions: Locating the Sources of Disagreement Between Neoreactionaries and Progressives (Part 1) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 September 2014 01:23:24PM 6 points [-]

Is there a history of the term anywhere? I'd be interested in seeing how it got here from there.

Comment author: David_Gerard 07 September 2014 05:38:53PM *  3 points [-]

I've been desperately in search of a good history as I seek to decrappify the RW article on the topic, which is rather too cobbled-together (and the SJWiki one doesn't even try for a history). So if anyone has something handy ...

(The stereotypical Tumblr SJW phenomenon seems to have escaped academic notice. This actually surprised me when I went looking, given I know how rabid sociology students are in seeking out new subcultural study fodder.)