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> While it may be taboo to say so What does that even mean? You just said it, and it's also been said by countless people ever since the aforementioned 60s.
by lapcat 3y ago
> While it may be taboo to say so
What does that even mean?
You just said it, and it's also been said by countless people ever since the aforementioned 60s.
It's not taboo, it's trite.
- throwaway98797 3y agoit’s taboo because they are advocating a limitation of rights for one party to benefit another others the us isn’t a collective society but an individualistic one
- lapcat 3y ago> it’s taboo because I think you mean simply "controversial".
- alienicecream 3y agoIf it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite.
- lapcat 3y ago> If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. How does that follow? It's a longstanding controversy. The same arguments have been made over and over again. > It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite. It can be both trite and controversial. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106