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Maybe. A lot of people will truly believe Sierra Club to be “left” without understanding what that (used to?) mean. A descriptivist would say maybe that suggest
by eeghyrdcg 3y ago
Maybe. A lot of people will truly believe Sierra Club to be “left” without understanding what that (used to?) mean. A descriptivist would say maybe that suggests the words’ meanings have changed.
If everyone is ignorantly incorrect maybe it’s just a different thing now.
I agree it has less utility as a word / set of words though.
- earthwalker99 3y ago>I agree it has less utility as a word / set of words though. This is the point I think you are missing. No definitions are "changed" because there is nothing new. It is only regression. It's anti-intellectual at best. Humanity can only become more ignorant as a result. By virtue of enlightenment principles, the only acceptable way forward is to question why such a degenerate tendency has arisen and consider what to do about it.
- eeghyrdcg 3y agoI don’t think I’m missing anything. You’re just saying “I prefer prescriptivism. Mine.”