That's good to know. I just wonder how you arrive at the "correct" definition?
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Replying to @KatEdmiston
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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Because it's all perception. Words mean diff things 2 diff ppl & 2 pretend otherwise is silly
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Replying to @KatEdmiston
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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Replying to @NGrossman81 @KatEdmiston
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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Replying to @NhasanNaveed @KatEdmiston
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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Exactly and the misuse of these words is what leads to hatred, misinformation & prejudice. i.e. headlining the current situation in Europe as as the Syrian refugee crisis has made people believe that all those migrating to EU claim to be Syrian and refugees. It must be avoided
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It should be obvious 2 u by now that democracy in America is dead. Killed by ignorance. Good luck informing the masses...
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I'd say democracy in America is in danger of backsliding, but "dead" goes way too far.
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It's dead because the citizenry r incompetent to maintain it. Nobody took it, we gave it away...
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You are young & I am old, of course u think that.
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