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> I myself tend to avoid invoking the word, because I find it derails discussions from whatever the substantive topic was, into debating what that word means an
by jimbokun 3y ago
> I myself tend to avoid invoking the word, because I find it derails discussions from whatever the substantive topic was, into debating what that word means and the appropriateness of using it.
This is the point I was trying to make.
- skissane 3y agoI agree with you that it is best avoided whenever possible. However, I think the other points I made, that (a) some invocations of it are legitimate, and (b) it serves a useful purpose in labelling a real phenomenon, for which we don't have any widely accepted alternative label – still stand.
- jimbokun 3y agoSo avoiding using the word is a good heuristic, not an algorithm.