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Nov 20 2020 02:48pm
Quote (MxVivianWulf @ Nov 20 2020 02:44pm)
I've been accused of worse by idiots who don't know wtf they're talking about. Happens basically every time I challenge a popular journalist or streamer on their silly assertions.


ever met someone that hates Vodka? like if they taste a cocktail and u cant even taste the vodka because its heavily blended with lots of different things, but they make a face because they HATE vodka?

to fender nuance is vodka. it makes you an apologist to whatever he feels like. its the main reason that he's the only user on my list of posters not worthy of even seeing their posts.

Quote (Thor123422 @ Nov 20 2020 02:48pm)
but like, meanings of words change bro


yes, generally because enough people use them wrong that the lexicon accepts the new "meaning".

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Quote (thesnipa @ Nov 20 2020 02:48pm)
yes, generally because enough people use them wrong that the lexicon accepts the new "meaning".


I think Vivian's head is literally going to explode
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Nov 20 2020 03:07pm
Quote (Thor123422 @ Nov 20 2020 02:59pm)
I think Vivian's head is literally going to explode


The universe is made almost entirely of mistakes afterall.
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Nov 20 2020 03:22pm
Quote (Thor123422 @ 20 Nov 2020 20:48)
but like, meanings of words change bro


True. Generally through colloquialisation.

But the reason words should change definitions is because we find more utility in the definition. Here I would argue we are damaging the utility of the phrase by taking away researcher's ability to draw attention to the dangerous aspects of new religious movements. If everything is a death cult then why would we be alarmed when a new one crops up?

It's hard enough to get the normies to notice when a new cult crops up and harder still to get them to recognise the potential danger. Folks have been raising the alarm about QAnon for years and even as they kidnap children, bomb mosques and try to assassinate world leaders people see them as a joke. Until they lose a family member to the cult at least...
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Quote (MxVivianWulf @ 20 Nov 2020 15:22)
True. Generally through colloquialisation.

But the reason words should change definitions is because we find more utility in the definition. Here I would argue we are damaging the utility of the phrase by taking away researcher's ability to draw attention to the dangerous aspects of new religious movements. If everything is a death cult then why would we be alarmed when a new one crops up?

It's hard enough to get the normies to notice when a new cult crops up and harder still to get them to recognise the potential danger. Folks have been raising the alarm about QAnon for years and even as they kidnap children, bomb mosques and try to assassinate world leaders people see them as a joke. Until they lose a family member to the cult at least...


Qanon kidnap children?

Tha fuck?
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Qanon kidnap children?

Tha fuck?


oh u thought that cult u joined was just a twitter info dump? LOL
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Quote (Jere @ 20 Nov 2020 21:23)
Qanon kidnap children?

Tha fuck?


https://bfy.tw/PirU
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Nov 20 2020 04:31pm
Trump's installing partisans to non-partisan civilian positions like the CDC.

Positions that are protected from partisan meddling because they're supposed to be unbiased experts and can't be removed on a whim by the next administration.

Basically he's going out of his way to compromise as many institutions against Biden as possible.
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Trump's installing partisans to non-partisan civilian positions like the CDC.

Positions that are protected from partisan meddling because they're supposed to be unbiased experts and can't be removed on a whim by the next administration.

Basically he's going out of his way to compromise as many institutions against Biden as possible.


If trump can install them so easily why can't biden remove em just as easily? mitch?
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