I think you are right about gypped. These days language is really being used against women and minorities--subtle slippage of not only gesture and tonality, but in these alterations that are very powerful. I think part of being aware and awake is to stay on top of the misuse of language by people who are in the business of changing the country.
Feminism was shifted from representing all the WORK done by thousands of women to empower themselves, into some sort of character assassination meant to take away a woman's whole identity. Whatever was done, it worked back then and the whole movement was derailed, and the ERA never passed. What a mind job.
I think it is important to know what actually happened so these same tactics cannot be used again. We cannot allow the dialogue to be changed about anything--let liars be called liars not that 'they misspoke', let's not allow our LANGUAGE to be taken away from us. 
Great thread!! I guess you can see I feel a bit strongly about this.
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