you know how there's tech debt. we need a concept of rhetorical debt. rhetorical debt is when activists use a rhetorical strategy ("born this way" rhetoric re: queerness, for example) to achieve a short-term goal (gay marriage and its associated legal benefits) which ultimately causes unforeseen long-term problems (queer people get really into categorization and also astrology)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children)
which has led to many grown adults shouting about things they think are "basic biology" (read: "i stopped learning about the world i live in after grade school")
