Nouning Considered Harmful

This is originally from Scott Madin of Fineness And Accuracy, posted at Shakesville. I meant for years to write about this but then he said it better than I ever would. I wish that Team Social Justice would adopt this norm.

Anyone who wants to see our society become less divided rather than more, and in particular anyone who wants to combat racism, sexism, homophobia, and all other forms of prejudice and modes of oppression, should try hard to avoid the practice, and refrain from calling a person a sexist, or a racist, or a homophobe, instead applying those descriptors to his or her actions.