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by dmix 1306 days ago
This is an important point and it's lost in these debates.

The new cool thing is to pretend context/intent doesn't exist, that words and expressions should always be looked at in isolation. Even though it's a fundamental part of language and how the brain perception systems work to contextualize and loosely categorize everything based on the current set of information in a particular scenario.

Words/language is messy, highly flexible, and rarely strictly defined. For good reason.

Mostly so people can win internet arguments and feel superior/victimized.