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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 Jan 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kat Rosenfield

      you realize that that's not remotely what "appeal to authority" means, right? It's a name for the RHETORICAL TECHNIQUE of arguing that X is true because person Y said that X is true.https://twitter.com/katrosenfield/status/1212832655881969668 …

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      Kat RosenfieldVerified account @katrosenfield
      The notion that any appeal to authority no matter the circumstances must be inherently bad “Excuse me, who do I talk to about the guy two aisles over who’s jerking off into the potato salad” “LOL Karen do u want to sPeAK tO a MaNAgEr”
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    2. Kat Rosenfield‏Verified account @katrosenfield 2 Jan 2020
      Replying to @MorlockP

      You realize it’s PEEdant, not peDANT, right

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    3.  🍂 The Pectrichory  🍄‏ @The_Petrichory 2 Jan 2020
      Replying to @katrosenfield @MorlockP

      Very few people can tell you what "begging the question" or "argumentum ad hominem" actually mean because of this exact attitude. Every time a previously useful phrase is stripped of its communicative value, we shuffle a bit closer to idiocracy. So thanks for that.

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    4. Kat Rosenfield‏Verified account @katrosenfield 2 Jan 2020
      Replying to @The_Petrichory @MorlockP

      guys, I just don’t think it’s the end of the world for people to use the words “appeal to authority” to describe a literal appeal to authority as well as the rhetorical fallacy; it’s very clear in context what I’m talking about! but your heartfelt objections are noted

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    6. Kat Rosenfield‏Verified account @katrosenfield 2 Jan 2020

      I don’t agree that I’ve used them incorrectly! I’m talking about a literal appeal to a literal authority— I understand that you don’t *want* me to use that phrase literally but honestly can’t see why not, when nobody is confused about what I mean

      1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
    7.  🍂 The Pectrichory  🍄‏ @The_Petrichory 2 Jan 2020
      Replying to @katrosenfield @MorlockP

      Funny you should say that, because "literally" made it into some dictionaries carrying the same meaning as its antonym as an intensifier. It's literally not wrong to use literally to mean figuratively, but only if you appeal to the authority of a dictionary.

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    8. Kat Rosenfield‏Verified account @katrosenfield 2 Jan 2020
      Replying to @The_Petrichory @MorlockP

      And yet, we can still usually tell in context when someone’s using it one way vs the other! This is my point- despite your complaints, you clearly knew that I wasn’t invoking a logical fallacy in my original post, there has been no degradation of understanding here

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 Jan 2020
      Replying to @katrosenfield @The_Petrichory

      sure, I can tell in context that when my wife says "I put the milk in the freezer" that she's having a brainfart and meant "refrigerator". So when you said "appeal to authority" I had a guess as to what you MEANT even thought you used a wrong / different phrase. >>>

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 Jan 2020
      Replying to @MorlockP @katrosenfield @The_Petrichory

      I just figured that, as a fellow author, you care as much as I do about using language correctly / precisely / well. If I was wrong, I apologize. Keep using whatever words you want for whatever meanings you want.

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        2. Kat Rosenfield‏Verified account @katrosenfield 2 Jan 2020
          Replying to @MorlockP @The_Petrichory

          Just to be clear, we are still talking about a joke about a guy jerking off into a potato salad, right

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        3.  🍂 The Pectrichory  🍄‏ @The_Petrichory 2 Jan 2020
          Replying to @katrosenfield @MorlockP

          I assumed it was just a crummy argument. That one's not a "speak to the manager" offence. That's a "call the police" offence. Food tampering is a felony. Possibly more if he's knowingly trying to spread disease he has (unless it's California, that's just a misdemeanor now).

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