John Breen: “The word “radical” is derived from the Latin word radicalis, an extension of the Latin radic- or radix, meaning “root”. Quite literally, to be radical is to go to the root.” c4ss.org/content/59685

“The word “radical” is derived from the Latin word radicalis, an extension of the Latin radic- or radix, meaning “root”. Quite literally, to be radical is to go to the root.” c4ss.org/content/59685

Therapy for Radicalsc4ss.org Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals In 1971, American activist Saul Alinsky published a book called Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals. Alinsky bemoaned the fact that activist...

I get so tired of people seeing the word “radical” and equating it with “extremist” or assuming it’s immediately a bad thing

Yeah but I'm also mad at rad fems. I thought my feminism went to the roots but turns out the phrase was already taken by transphobes. 😒

Yeah, it’s unfortunate that multiple groups of shitty people have abused the term “radical” to be bigots

Time to take it back. As an old person I lived during a time where surfers and skaters used the word in better ways.

The totally tubular left agenda

I feel like Jeff Spicoli whenever I discuss this stuff and cringe because I used to use this slang unironically.

Totally!

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