• starman2112
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    19 days ago

    No, and it takes a profound level of disingenuousness to bring the argument to this point. You must understand that the meanings of words are socially constructed, not aspects of physical reality. Usage is literally what determines the definitions of words.

    • nyctre@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      I see. I thought people were arguing facts not just word usage. The argument was “water isn’t actually wet, that’s just a saying people say that isn’t actually true, same for abortions killing people”. If we’re just saying that people say stuff like “water is wet” all the time, then yeah, I agree with you. Don’t need to go to the ends of the earth for this discussion :) have a nice day!