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If you stop to think about it yes it is pretty odd, but enough people do this that I don't have to think twice when I see it. You'd definitely wouldn't see it i
by harpiaharpyja 5y ago
If you stop to think about it yes it is pretty odd, but enough people do this that I don't have to think twice when I see it. You'd definitely wouldn't see it in formal writing, but informally it's not uncommon. A quirk of cross-cultural transmission maybe?
- colechristensen 5y agoI think it's more often subtle morality/superiority signaling by calling an entity by a different name. Think Republicans referring to the "Democrat party" instead of the "Democratic" or people using "CCP" instead of "China".
- MrMorden 5y ago"China" can refer to any number of different things; "CCP" only refers to the Party.
- sigstoat 5y ago…do you not make a distinction between “china” and the chinese communist party? i think even the CCP itself does.
- colechristensen 5y agoChina the government, people, and place are separate and which one is being referred to is basically always obvious from context. People don’t do this naming a political organization instead of country name for government actions for anywhere else in the world
- Dylan16807 5y agoIf I use CCP instead of China it's not to signal morality/superiority myself, it's to fend off people that are going to get all fussy and misinterpret and declare themselves moral/superior.
- colechristensen 5y agoSometimes accepting the premise of people you're trying to disagree with ends up reinforcing their position.
- Dylan16807 5y agoI'm okay accepting the premise that 'China' is ambiguous sometimes.