.@bathwin Dictionaries are useful to show what commonly understood meanings are. Cannot be used to prove what other ppl really mean.
Yes! We don't have to agree on the correct word for something to discuss something. We just have to both know what other means.
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The underlying reality matters. So let's talk about racism from POC. POC can't be racist! OK, institutional racism it is then.
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Yes, it does. That's what we need to be discussing. Not always whether we're using the right words to discuss it.
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Once you accept these different terms you are in some way accepting this alternate reality, and altering the debate.
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You don't have to accept them generally or commit to not arguing against them to put aside semantics & discuss what they refer to.
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