"the invention of new terms for non-new concepts should always arouse suspicion. You're being manipulated, and language is being used as a weapon."
100%. It's a sure sign that academia has infused itself into the debate which pretty much ensures that post-modernism can't be far behind.
There are an awful lot of words in the English language. They're well understood and versatile enough to handle any situation. We don't need to redefine them or enforce new ones by diktat.
I don't mind language changing organically, but when there's any sense that I can't use ordinary words the way I choose, that sets off alarm bells.
Well, when we discovered that protons and neutrons had substructure we needed a new word for the triplet particles comprising them, but James Joyce came to the rescue with "three quarks for Muster Mark."
But that's rare.
I would think that postmodernism would collapse under the weight of its ridiculousness. It hasn't yet.
I won't bore anyone with another run-through of my loathing for the singular they, but it's astonishing how many uh people justify it with the exact same arguments, excepting how far back it goes; one person tried to tell me that it goes back to the 11th century, which was Old English.
Judging by Twitter Likes, I have a lot of company.
"the invention of new terms for non-new concepts should always arouse suspicion. You're being manipulated, and language is being used as a weapon."
100%. It's a sure sign that academia has infused itself into the debate which pretty much ensures that post-modernism can't be far behind.
There are an awful lot of words in the English language. They're well understood and versatile enough to handle any situation. We don't need to redefine them or enforce new ones by diktat.
I don't mind language changing organically, but when there's any sense that I can't use ordinary words the way I choose, that sets off alarm bells.
Well, when we discovered that protons and neutrons had substructure we needed a new word for the triplet particles comprising them, but James Joyce came to the rescue with "three quarks for Muster Mark."
But that's rare.
I would think that postmodernism would collapse under the weight of its ridiculousness. It hasn't yet.
I won't bore anyone with another run-through of my loathing for the singular they, but it's astonishing how many uh people justify it with the exact same arguments, excepting how far back it goes; one person tried to tell me that it goes back to the 11th century, which was Old English.
Judging by Twitter Likes, I have a lot of company.