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It’s not his fault, but it’s annoying how people now use “performative” all the time to mean “just for show” instead of the correct meaning “something that is d
by earthboundkid 3y ago
It’s not his fault, but it’s annoying how people now use “performative” all the time to mean “just for show” instead of the correct meaning “something that is done by the speech act.” When the judge says “guilty!” it is performative in the second sense, but not the first!