[laurels-marts]

> the term “pregnant people” is somehow degrading to women

She sneaked that one in though didn’t she.

[rexpop]

Sneaked? How's it different from the other examples?

[gweinberg]

"Pregnant people" is degrading to women in exactly the same sense that "front hole" is degrading to women.

[laurels-marts]

In all previous examples there’s a clear pattern where an initial subject matter evolves into a broader social or cultural issue. In the last example, this pattern is broken, and it instead simply presents a statement without the prior context or escalation. A disruption in argumentative flow, if you will.

[Blackthorn]

It wouldn't be an article about virtue signaling without pulling a bit of your own.

[willis936]

I'd call it a dogwhistle.

[Blackthorn]

What I'm about to say is probably debatable but I think those things are, if not entirely equivalent, at least two sides of the same coin.