to show respectful submission; yielding to someone else (generally given to someone who has more experience or senior to you); dutifulness
Bethy the Vampire Slayer
@bethyvampireslayer.bsky.social
Sigh. Podcasts in which two white cis men discuss trans women, even with deference and respect is very hard to listen to. It's like they never met a woman and instead just paste the word "woman" on top of "men". And whistle as they walk away.
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John Goodman
@johnlgood.bsky.social
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can’t be neutral any longer. After Minneapolis, tech leaders’ deference to Donald Trump must end....wow.
https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/01/29/reid-hoffman-silicon-valley-can-t-neutral-any-longer/?utm_source=twitter_sitebutton via #sfstandard
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John Sanbonmatsu
@jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social
Undue judicial deference to executive authority is fatally endangering the constitutional order, paving the way for the "state of exception" to become the norm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/us/judge-minnesota-ice-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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