• 1847953620@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m not saying “they changed the definition”. I’m saying “too many things about the way this term is gatekept from general use are flawed, and done for political gain sometimes, the average discussion of what is happening right now being one of them”. It depends on the context whether a more academic definition standard should be expected, and even then it’s not as straightforward as whoever is trying to shut down its use likes to pretend, and so perhaps a less-important hill to die on than whatever discussion is happening at that point in time."

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      11 months ago

      I’m not saying “they changed the definition” so we’re the ones who get to redefine it however we wish

      Funny that after making up an claim that people are serving you shit while claiming it’s a delicacy, you would turn around and claim you aren’t saying they changed the definition after almost explicitly doing so.

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        11 months ago

        For all your whining about nuance, you sure love to take the most reductionist (straw-manned) interpretation of things and come out of the gate swinging with insults. Excuse me while I use this to justify dismissing your pedantry.

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          11 months ago

          This is a whole lot of empty nothing. Most people when thoroughly beaten slink off. A select noble few admit they are wrong. Less intelligent avoid an actual debate by doing stupid shit. A good example is throwing out big-ish words they don’t understand.