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Students of the philosopher Stephen Potter (Gamesmanship, One-Upmanship, etc.) will recall his discussion of “OK words.”
Those are the words that will get you points among the beautiful people and taste-makers you aspire to impress.
They are the OK people who decide what is and isn’t OK to say.
They also perform triage on other people.
For just as there are words that are not OK, so there are plenty of people who are not OK.
In the context of American politics, one of the least OK people is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-Ga.).
She is wildly popular in her own state.
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