Do I get tired of the majority deciding what words mean? Not really. That’s how language has always worked, and the only way it can work as far as I can tell.
This person is right. It’s a fact. You and your circles may not use it that way, and that’s correct… But that doesn’t change what the common understanding is.
Expressing socialism in the USA is already hard. It’s harder when people are angry at anyone because they aren’t using the words you want.
That may be true for you, but not most Americans. Your corporeal body may exist in the US, but you live online.
Hey dude, right here with you. So many arm chair revolutionaries online.
People so stuck on a single meaning of a word, completely ignoring the facts.
Words have multiple meanings sometimes. Whether that’s cultural or just from misuse. Doesn’t matter.
The majority gets to decide so many things for you. You ever get tired of that?
Do I get tired of the majority deciding what words mean? Not really. That’s how language has always worked, and the only way it can work as far as I can tell.
I’m talking about this part doofus:
I don’t let the shit the dumbest people in the country do determine what’s right for me, except perhaps as a negative example.
Why are you being mean? Why are you angry?
This person is right. It’s a fact. You and your circles may not use it that way, and that’s correct… But that doesn’t change what the common understanding is.
Expressing socialism in the USA is already hard. It’s harder when people are angry at anyone because they aren’t using the words you want.