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That's not the theory of change at play here. You're rejecting a straw man. As to the rest of it: "Officer, arrest that man" is a series of incantations that a
by roughly 4y ago
That's not the theory of change at play here. You're rejecting a straw man.
As to the rest of it: "Officer, arrest that man" is a series of incantations that affect the material world.
- scarmig 4y agoI can say that right now, and nothing happens. The words aren't the causal elements here changing the world; it's the referants and power hierarchies that do. The proper analogy would be thinking that requiring saying "Officer, detain-in-an-official-capacity that man!" instead would somehow fix police violence.
- roughly 4y ago> I can say that right now, and nothing happens. The words aren't the causal elements here changing the world; it's the referants and power hierarchies that do. And you think this is something that’s not understood among those pushing for linguistics changes?
- jimbokun 4y agoI think that. I think those people distract and soothe themselves from their inability to enact change with linguistic games.