Love this: “The goal of the redefinition is not to enhance communication, but to gain rhetorical advantage, so that bad faith advocates can "win by definition".”
And, yes, this is something the elites are trying to force the masses to swallow due to their nearly hegemonic control of our language. I had never thought about this control bef…
Love this: “The goal of the redefinition is not to enhance communication, but to gain rhetorical advantage, so that bad faith advocates can "win by definition".”
And, yes, this is something the elites are trying to force the masses to swallow due to their nearly hegemonic control of our language. I had never thought about this control before; had always trusted the "smart people" to take care of these things. No more.
And your take on this is pretty much where I stand on the whole issue. Thanks for expounding.
Edit: I'm a web dev/designer by trade so I also lean on the objective universe for my vocation and am unwilling to change that.
Love this: “The goal of the redefinition is not to enhance communication, but to gain rhetorical advantage, so that bad faith advocates can "win by definition".”
And, yes, this is something the elites are trying to force the masses to swallow due to their nearly hegemonic control of our language. I had never thought about this control before; had always trusted the "smart people" to take care of these things. No more.
And your take on this is pretty much where I stand on the whole issue. Thanks for expounding.
Edit: I'm a web dev/designer by trade so I also lean on the objective universe for my vocation and am unwilling to change that.