Well, you never know, because people exploit ambiguity or even just blunder into it. Sometimes people don't even know what they really mean. Going around sayin

Well, you never know, because people exploit ambiguity or even just blunder into it. Sometimes people don't even know what they really mean. Going around saying "you idiot, don't you understand the 'use-mention distinction'?" could itself be considered kind of obtuse. In real life, it is not cut and dry. People muddy the water on purpose as a deniability tactic constantly. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinctio...]