> 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 an

> 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