I have a zero tolerance policy for semantic pedantry. It is almost never in good faith & is very common among those who wish to avoid discussing the substance of the issue at hand. Clarify terms, certainly so productive conversation can happen. Pick at words endlessly? Bore off.
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Calling it pedantic means basically that it's too much like a teacher, and that the person who is calling it that doesn't like it.
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Huh? I know what pedantic means. Are you saying it's impossible to be pedantic about the meaning of words or are you saying that semantics is not about the meaning of words?
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Sorry, I didn't mean to imply you don't know the meaning. I was trying to relate the logical import of the claim in an argument (that's why I wrote it out with the two separate clauses)
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I don't know what you are saying. Are you saying that it's impossible to be pedantic about semantics?
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I'd say it probably depends on how genuine the goal of the questioning is. If it's got a reasonable point to make, that bears on the topic, it's just semantics. If it's hiding things behind language, I'd call that obfuscation or obscurantism
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It's just insisting on discussing the definitions of words in order to avoid the subject. Is this not being pedantic about semantics?
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It might be pedantic, definitely, but that doesn't mean it's irrelevant. Going down the rabbit hole is definitely bad, but being clear is SUPER important.
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This convo could easily be characterized as pedantic on my part, but it's still worth saying, because you and I really agree on the importance of clarity.
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