Zeronelite [they/them, comrade/them] to askchapo • 2 years agoCan you define "Leftism"?message-squaremessage-square30 fedilinkarrow-up127file-text
arrow-up127message-squareCan you define "Leftism"?Zeronelite [they/them, comrade/them] to askchapo • 2 years agomessage-square30 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenewerAccountWhoDis [they/them]hexbear8·2 years agoPeople's liberation, nothing more nothing less. Everything else is semantics. link
minus-squareZeronelite [they/them, comrade/them]hexagonhexbear9·2 years agoSemantics is the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. Unsure why people dismiss it so casually. That aside, I largely agree with your conclusion. link
minus-squareVampire [any]cakehexbear9·2 years ago Unsure why people dismiss it so casually. Are you really? People dismiss debates that have no effect on action. link
minus-squareZeronelite [they/them, comrade/them]hexagonhexbear9·2 years agoSemantics ≠ Debate Culture link
minus-squarenewerAccountWhoDis [they/them]hexbear6·2 years agook, call it cosmetics. Don't get hung up on words, you knew what I meant don't you? link
minus-squareZeronelite [they/them, comrade/them]hexagonhexbear13·2 years agoPeople saying Semantics and meaning Cosmetics is exactly why we need Semantics. link
minus-squareVampire [any]cakehexbear6·2 years agoThere's a difference between a semantic discussion and one with operational relevance. When does summer start? / When should we harvest the corn? link
minus-squareChapo0114 [comrade/them, he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoLanguage prescriptivism is imperialism link
People's liberation, nothing more nothing less. Everything else is semantics.
Semantics is the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning.
Unsure why people dismiss it so casually.
That aside, I largely agree with your conclusion.
Are you really?
People dismiss debates that have no effect on action.
Semantics ≠ Debate Culture
ok, call it cosmetics. Don't get hung up on words, you knew what I meant don't you?
People saying Semantics and meaning Cosmetics is exactly why we need Semantics.
There's a difference between a semantic discussion and one with operational relevance.
When does summer start? / When should we harvest the corn?
Language prescriptivism is imperialism