Quote (Goomshill @ Mar 30 2022 07:34pm)
The fallacy last time was a red herring, this time its a nonsequitor. A book is more than its cover. Books are constructed on a printing press, and blueberry pies are no different.
Again, lopping the meaning off of words no more makes an argument than lopping the meat stick off a man makes a woman. You can try to redefine words all day long or muddy them into uselessness. Words are just tools to express concepts, and they don't change reality.
If words are just tools to express concepts then you should have no issue with agreeing that gender is a social construct. After all, as long as I've laid out the concept I'm trying to convey with the word gender then that's all that matters.
You don't get to say "words are just tools to convey meaning" and then say "You don't get to redefine words". Sorry, can't have your cake and eat it too.
This post was edited by NetflixAdaptationWidow on Mar 30 2022 06:43pm