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Definition of language is not up to you but society in the aggregate. You can claim as you wish while I and others can do the same. If you're saying we need t
by coolkewlcuil 5mo ago
Definition of language is not up to you but society in the aggregate.
You can claim as you wish while I and others can do the same.
If you're saying we need to hold to beliefs of the past, that's a position that physical reality makes untenable.
See you in church? That was the center of communal life for the majority for centuries. Anyone that's abandoned such agency has engaged in abandonment of history, of norms others can just as easily (and do) claim are more important than ever.
You can make whatever claims you want rhetorically but the non-fractal reality we live in does not allow for the strict conservatism you appeal for. Entropy gives rise to generational churn which gives rise to shifting social values.
These corny appeals to history you never directly experienced are little more than parroting grammatically correct statements you were taught.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> Definition of language is not up to you but society in the aggregate Sure. The definition of propaganda OP uses is an internet niche one to mean any broadly-held (and thus disseminated) theory one disagrees with. The argument against co-equal branches is a legitimate one. Calling the theory propaganda cheapens a real argument by making it look childish.
- coolkewlcuil 5mo agopropaganda /prŏp″ə-găn′də/ noun The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause. ...my use seems to fit the definition to me. You are applying personal emotional bias to a very plain stated definition.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> my use seems to fit the definition to me Where is that definition from? It lacks key elements of the definition, notably, an agenda. Your operating definition would turn the teaching of evolution (or frankly, any education or broadly-communicated message) into propaganda. That isn’t a serious claim. If it is for someone, that person’s definition of propaganda isn’t the generally-accepted one, which means it’s unclear how they’re speaking about anything else. By being hyperbolic you’re getting downvoted and ignored. > You are applying personal emotional bias Nope. I’m explaining why a serious argument you’re making, one that deserves consideration, is being downvoted and ignored for being introduced with a thoroughly unserious assertion.
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- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> just Googled the definition; it reads the same as the posted definition on various sites; from Merriams to Oxford These are those source’s definitions [1][2]. They’re significantly more precise than the one I suspect you got from Google’s AI, hence your mis-use of the word. (Mis-use is fine. Doubling down against evidence is less forgiving.) [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propaganda https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propaganda [2] https://www.oed.com/dictionary/propaganda_n https://www.oed.com/dictionary/propaganda_n