206. Sorry. History of meaning plays a part in linguistic analysis.
It has nothing to do with "logical" linguistic interpretation as you say. What you really mean to say (and yes, I am telling you what you mean to say) is "common sense" linguistic interpretation. There is nothing "logical" about clinging to ahistoric, literal analyses of words.
Are all homophobes literally "afraid" of homosexuality?
Are all gays literally happy and joyous?
Are all lesbians from the Isle of Lesbos?
Do Klan members never target Indians because they are Caucasian?
Are Klan members not anti-black because they sometimes dress in black clothing and write with pens that use black ink?
Is it impossible for Mexicans to be anti-American because Mexico is a part of North America?
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