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"Cultural genocide" should be called "memocide". At the point that you are only using the word "gene" metaphorically, it's time to switch to the word that alre
by toomim 5y ago
"Cultural genocide" should be called "memocide".
At the point that you are only using the word "gene" metaphorically, it's time to switch to the word that already exists for that purpose: the "meme".
- neom 5y agoWhy is gene metaphorical here? Are people not a result of external stimuli? My understanding is that gene variants are involved in evolution often caused by extrinsic factors?
- stirfish 5y agoBut meme already means something culturally, and we don't want people saying that genocide is a "meme"
- CRConrad 5y agoThat's just because the purveyors of stupid pictures-with-text have hijacked the term: The GP's usage is the original meaning of the word "meme". Ignorance like you're displaying here just helps further this trivialization of the word. Please educate yourself and join the resistance in stead.
- the_only_law 5y agoThere’s no ignorance here. The parent is 100% that the word colloquially has a completely different meaning than originally intended. You can try to “resist” cultural shifts in language, but I promise you’ll lose.
- CRConrad 5y agoTrue dat. And yet, he persisted... Now onwards, my gallant Rocinante!