What? That’s literally the opposite of what I’m saying… I’m saying words can have multiple meanings depending on context.
But the point of this was how does “liberal” having a different colloquial definition from how op was using it have anything do with “developing class consciousness” which can be done regardless of this single word?
Yes
Sometimes the evolution of language isn’t so much organic as it is a political project, such as a century of red scares and socialist purges.
Ok. But regardless of the cause, organic or political project, it doesn’t change the fact that the language has moved on correct?
We can’t simply use their terms, because their terminology is both muddled and lacking.
But there’s the rub. You/we ARE using their terms and the message is muddled and lacking BECAUSE OF the difference in perceived definitions. And as the past couple decades have shown there is zero chance of getting the American people to learn things, or unlearn as the case may be.
I assume very few people this far down a thread into a political discussion, on Lemmy, don’t know what the Overton windowS are and how fucked the US is because of the current far right position on the left/right scales. I find it lacking and dislike it’s libertarian origins. We are even now discussing the difference of a word being used for social vs economic ideas and these two scales do not necessarily overlap.
I’m not sure how colloquial vocabulary usage prevents developing class consciousness. I’d potentially argue refusing to accept the evolution of language and refusing to communicate to people in the terms they use and understand inhibits said deprogramming.
Again very US centric in this definition but it’s who needs deprogramming.
I’ll say it again, in the United States the term “liberal” is used to refer to liberal social ideas NOT liberal economic ideas. To the average US citizen left and liberal are synonyms. This doesn’t mean your definition isn’t correct for academics and the entire rest of the world. But this meme, and this left vs liberal argument for this post, are US based.
There are 3 monitors on the table so I think it’s two guys overlapping.
The prompt this person put in prior to the cropping this screenshot
I didn’t close my eyes or ears and learned that there are many variations of biological sex, regardless of gender identity. Trisomies are the most common X and Y chromosome variants.
XXY (Klinefelter syndrome)
XXX (Trisomy X)
XYY
Less common are “tetrasomies,” which denote the presence of four sex chromosomes:
XXYY
XXXY
XXXX
Still rarer are the “pentasomies,” indicating five sex chromosomes:
XXXXY
XXXXX
These conditions can cause male presenting genitalia but female presenting bodies (facial structure, body structure, etc.) THey can present as the opposite. They can present as just male or female external genitalia or a mix of both. Even if we ignore gender identity, which is what “sex” people feel within their brains, just in biological sex there are more than binary options.
As I write this and read your global warming sentence I think you meant the authors of the executive order when you said “you guys”? I can’t tell how to interpret your comment anymore.
Every headline I’ve seen says successful booster catch, but starship destroyed. And it happened yesterday afternoon, only 20 hours ago as I write this. Are you thinking of the first successful chopstick booster catch which was a few weeks ago?
Beat me to it. Sorry, stoned me to it.
Crippling student debt
That double negative in there means he’s saying he is the bird lady. Details aren’t not important
I’m just here so I don’t get fined
I assume op was appropriately banned but enjoys a nice out of context whine about big bad reddit
Philosoraptor is 15 years old, Bad Luck Brian and Success Kid are 12 years, but Doge (without that background) is 10 years. Best I can do is $3.50
It feels like you are being willfully naive of the real world and languages’ etymology in practice, and hiding within academia, whether on purpose or not.
So you haven’t paid attention to those who call themselves libertarians for the past 20+ years? Their entire m o is restricting others’ liberties in favor of their own. And I’m not conflating conservatives and libertarians accidentally, I’m pointing out libertarians in practice.
Americans can have a little education, as a treat.