A Republican got offended I called the founding U.S. citizens "colonizers,"—rebuking me that “the original 13 colonies were beacons of freedom.”
I asked him to repeat that part...slowly. Apparently "colonies" is respectful—but calling those who built colonies "colonizers" is not.🤔
Also, I'm sure the enslaved, Native Americans, women, and anyone not a WASP wealthy land owner would likely disagree with that whole "beacon of freedom" part.
Words are social creatures. They are dependent on the meaning of other words to describe their own meaning. Literally a web of meaning.
Open up any dictionary and you can confirm this.
Words are like bricks in a wall. Remove bricks from the wall and it might fall apart.
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almost like recognizing that interconnection is an essential part of being able to make meaning of… anything!
I have noticed that most of the dudes and dudettes who have bought into the "competition is the key to life" kool aid, WILL argue that certain words (ones they don't like) do not mean what …dictionaries... say they mean.
I once had a guy tell me that because he was not frightened of the gays, he could not possibly be homophobic. He thought he was objective and rational. Of course.
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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