And I’m loathe to take seriously any person who uses “robber baron” in their lexicon.
Yeah. Did you read the article?
I agree with you. It is an archaic term that is meant to prejudice the listener to whatever statement follows.
There is no law against using it, it's just bad taste like a bit of vomit in the mouth.
I helped a friend in editing a book he wrote about early golf courses in Florida. He used the term to describe most of the men who were pioneers in their respective fields and were very wealthy. Not a robber or a baron in the group. It is a position of envy and distrust of success. I talked him into using "entrepreneurs," although I never saw the finished product.
How does Toyota exercise its freedom of religion? It doesn’t acknowledge Happy Honda Days. Instead, December is a time of sellabration known as Toyotathon. Kind of like Christmas v Hanukkah.