I specifically brought this up! https://twitter.com/baroquespiral/status/1107552416428220416 … you're confusing "context dependence" with "intuitive surface reading" and "transitive properties", whereas what I keep saying is, context dependence is the opposite of these things and you need it to not rely on them
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problem of course is that kicking SusJud1488

would be equi-reasonable
so utility of analyzing OK is generally dubious -
well what about SusJud14

vs SusJud14
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oh no what if we accuse the fav politician of the fascists, of fascism ppl will think we're crazy (fr this is a terrible example, politicians *should* be under scrutiny that borders on paranoia)
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actually, accusing orangine of whitesulpery is quite cromulent Accusing him of it with added BECAUSE OKAY SIGN make you look like a clown and that is not good
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Is it bad because it's wrong, or bad because it makes the person claiming it look silly?
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pragmatically, the second part overshadows the first massively and to such a point that first hardly matters
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