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In reply to the discussion: Yo, brother Carville? Ain't no such thing as "too woke." [View all]ancianita
(36,328 posts)I've never classified language by how others decide to misuse it. I'm about flogging opponents with their letter-of-the-law definitions and will not be told that my spirit of the law thinking falls into Webster boxes. Just moral boxes. I know what a democratic socialist, marxist, progressive liberal is, because I use their language in various contexts. I can be called any of those labels and defend their moral politics.
Language, like civilization, advances and changes. Especially English. Our political language should change, and be about not giving our political opponents an agreed upon definitional club to beat us with.
Schools have been defunded. Has anyone fought against that defunding but teachers? No. Both still exist.
We can beat them at their lingo game because we decide what words matter.