PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhen lunatics start talking about expelling all Israelis 'Back to Europe' instead of integrating them in a one-state solutionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down169
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minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoWords that people misuse are still meaningful when the reader and writer both understand the same meaning. I expect you understand OP perfectly well.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 hours agoWords that people misuse for the sake of propaganda are intentionally misleading, regardless of how any in-group understands it.
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoYour use of the word “intentionally” is quite confusing to me. Intentionally misleading on whose part? The word’s part, or the in-group’s?
Words that people misuse are still meaningful when the reader and writer both understand the same meaning. I expect you understand OP perfectly well.
Words that people misuse for the sake of propaganda are intentionally misleading, regardless of how any in-group understands it.
Your use of the word “intentionally” is quite confusing to me. Intentionally misleading on whose part? The word’s part, or the in-group’s?