• exocrinous@startrek.website
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    7 months ago

    Well language should work that way. If using a word logically exposes the hypocrisy of a genocidal regime, it should be used logically.

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      7 months ago

      And we should all speak Esperanto because it’s far easier to learn and logical! Unfortunately my attempts to convince 8 billion people have so far proven fruitless. Maybe tomorrow I’ll succeed.

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        7 months ago

        Calling killers of semites antisemites is not such a big change as speaking Esperanto, and it doesn’t require as much effort. In fact, in your case it took negative effort. You had to go out of your way to say my language is wrong. You shouldn’t do that, my language is better than the traditional language. You’re spending energy accomplishing nothing.