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It's not you, it's them: How to handle 'problematic' people, according to a psychologist

We’ve all had that one person in our lives who feels like a human storm cloud, leaving us drained and questioning our own ...
Duluth News Tribune

National View: Using 'problematic' to shut people down is problematic

My first unpleasant encounter with the current meaning of the word "problematic" occurred a couple of years ago. I was mingling with some twenty- and thirty-somethings at an outdoor birthday party in ...
Yahoo

Abcarian: The problematic use of "problematic" to shut down people with whom we disagree

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Tropic Thunder" director/actor Ben Stiller in 2008 promoting the problematic movie, in which Robert Downey Jr. wears blackface.
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: ‘Problematic,’ the weasel word that separates us from them

To the editor: Thanks to Robin Abcarian for her column on the weasel word “problematic.” For years the use — now ubiquitous — of the word itself been deeply, well, problematic. The best demonstration ...
Los Angeles Times

The problematic use of ‘problematic’ to shut down people with whom we disagree

My first unpleasant encounter with the current meaning of the word “problematic” occurred a couple of years ago. I was mingling with some twenty- and thirtysomethings at an outdoor birthday party in ...