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See, I don't know! I used to think that too! But then I actually met some people like this, and a lot of them absolutely do not believe the shit they say! They're just really good at convincing other people that they do.
Well there's the dark triad in action
I once knew a local "activist" who frequently weaponized leftist language in order to police or punish other people. Ie, accusing people of racism for ordering an Asian Chicken Salad at a fast food place, or for trying to learn Spanish at the community college, and she would phrase her criticisms in such a way that any complaint would make the other person seem wrong. I legitimately thought she was just mentally ill.
I found out later that she was trying to blackmail and defraud a local charity, and that's when our association ended. She has been banned form some community organizing spaces because she inserts herself into every single one of them.
People like that are much more common than you would think. It does a lot of damage to the leftists cause.
Maybe not the blackmailing charities part, that seems like an extreme example. But definitely weaponizing leftist jargon to punish people for any perceived slights while twisting language to make any pushback seem wrong.
Yes, I'm aware that this is very common.
This experience was educational for me. I learned that if someone is doing something wrong to others, even if it seems relatively small, they're probably doing something worse that you're unaware of.