Harris vowed to defeat Project 2025, but Trump has distanced himself from the project, calling it 'ridiculous' and not tied to him.
  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    54·
    3 months ago

    Y’all know decimate was the headline and this was the actual statement, right?

    I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party — and unite our nation— to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.

    • DarthYoshiBoy@beehaw.org
      22·
      3 months ago

      Regardless, the “pedantic” argument against the headline is only a thing if you’re not allowing for the evolution of language, it’s actually just being a snooty language snob given that language does evolve and the usage of the headline aligns with common standards these days:

      Decimate strayed from its “tenth” meaning and nowadays refers to the act of destroying or hurting something in great numbers.

      See also definition 3b of the same source.