Has the Atheism vs. Theism debate played it's course?

[FatAndFaithless]

I'm leaning that way towards the term "regressive left" as well.  The terms are used so broadly by so many different people in so many different circumstances that they have about as much meaning as the word "spiritual" does to me.

For me, it's simply an indication that the person using the term simply doesn't want to have an actual discussion.  It's pejorative, and thus limiting.  We can do better with our terminology.

The thing that gets me is that two people can use the term "regressive left" to describe two very different situations.  
For example, lets say there's a news story about a teacher who calls one of his/her students a racial slur, a student is offended, reports it, and the teacher is fired.  

Lets say there's also a news story about a teacher that assigns a reading from a controversial book because it provides insight into a certain philosophical topic, a student is offended, reports it, and the teacher is fired.


I would say that in the first situation, the school is justified; a teacher that uses racial slurs towards their students has no business teaching.  I would not consider this an example of the "regressive left."  In the second situation, the school is not justified; a student is using offense to avoid encountering viewpoints that differ from their own.  I would probably accept this as an example of the "regressive left" if such a definition was given to me.

The problem is that there are people who would call both situations or neither situation an example of the "regressive left."  It's a term with no concrete meaning that can be used to describe any situation with which one disagrees. I think much the same of "SJW" and "spiritual."