WORDS I WISH MORE PEOPLE USED CORRECTLY terrorism privilege refugee fascist sovereignty neoliberal literally populist treason
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That's good to know. I just wonder how you arrive at the "correct" definition?
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For the conceptual terms, the meaning established by the theorists/scholars who coined the term and study the concept. And the dictionary.
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You are so naive. But I know you mean well.
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How is noting that words have meaning naive?
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Because it's all perception. Words mean diff things 2 diff ppl & 2 pretend otherwise is silly
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Nonsense. If you point at a refrigerator and say it's a horse, you're wrong. The words "refrigerator" and "horse" both have meanings. Even if you choose to misuse them This applies to more complex words too. For example, if you call North Korea a democracy, you're wrong. It's not
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But refrigerator or horse is a literal concept but refugee isn’t. I’m from Bangladesh where America supported a coup in mid 70s. For some, is America the terrorist?
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Refugee means someone forced to leave their country (by violence, natural disaster, etc.) It contrasts with internally displaced persons (left home for similar reasons, but still in country). There's also a formal international legal definition, as in "granted refugee status."
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