when you call something “public action” people—in general—are all for it, but when you call it “government regulation” suddenly people start to get worried. whe

when you call something “public action” people—in general—are all for it, but when you call it “government regulation” suddenly people start to get worried. when you say something is “literally” true, the literal and inflexible among us get annoyed when you don’t actually mean literally. words have fluid meaning and unusual connotations and if you can’t accept this you’re in trouble