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    1. Jelle‏ @theblub 26 Jan 2018
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      Which proves it is ultimately about what the speaker means by the words and what the hearer means by the words, not with some objective fact about any particular word.

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    2. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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      Oh, God, no. Of course words within a basic context have fixed (fuzzy, with deviations, but the mean is known to a good enough degree) meanings, that's how we communicate. Is this how you would defend somebody who used the n-word? Awful logic.

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    3. Jelle‏ @theblub 26 Jan 2018
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      Replying to @o_guest @Abebab and

      One of the most interesting cases for me is the term Autism. In the past years I have used: Asperger, Autistic. Autistic Spectrum Disorder Autism Spectrum Condition Back to autistic People on the Autistic Spectrum (seems be safe, for now)

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    4. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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      Replying to @theblub @Abebab and

      I think you missed my point. I never claimed it's fixed 100% through time. I claimed it's fixed within a basic context and with deviation.

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    5. Jelle‏ @theblub 26 Jan 2018
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      Replying to @o_guest @Abebab and

      For me that would be stretching the meaning of 'fixed' too much (which in a meta-sort-of-way would prove my point, perhaps)

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    6. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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      So I came in to my office one day and I tidy up the room, everything has a fixed place. A week later I come in and tidy again with everything getting a new fixed place. So yes, exactly, they are fixed even though they also change places.

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    7. Esther Mondragón‏ @twitemp1 26 Jan 2018
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      Replying to @o_guest @theblub and

      I come from a culture which likes to play with words meanings. For instance, to state that someone is witty we say "Eres muy puta" which literally means you are quite a whore. But I bet many ppl wouldn't like their kids to hear it. Words also convey social implicit meanings! 🤨

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    8. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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      Replying to @twitemp1 @theblub and

      Yep. Saying a word has a given meaning in a given context says nothing about how it might change in another content or at another time.

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    9. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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      Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

      The reason I dislike this: "Which proves it is ultimately about what the speaker means by the words and what the hearer means by the words, not with some objective fact about any particular word."

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    10. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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      Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

      Is because it implies, and I may have misunderstood you of course, that speakers and listeners share some equal "blame" so to speak.

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      Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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      Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

      So if I say "you run like a girl" to a grown woman, then she shares blame with me if she gets upset at my rude and sexist outburst.

      8:32 AM - 26 Jan 2018
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        2. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

          That's not how speaking and listening works IMHO. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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        3. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

          Although the receiver does not share blame for the infraction, the receiver is responsible for his/her own response, & some responses are healthier than others. A person who reacts well to interaction with a bully might come away with a new friend.

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        4. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @twitemp1 and

          I find it a very empathic reaction to what you call a bully. Perhaps we use the word differently. I had tons of bullies in my childhood and beyond and the only reaction that has _ever_ worked well for me was in January 2016 when I finally went to the police.

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        5. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

          A bully who commits assault should be prosecuted. In high school I was once placed head first in a tall trash can, which was then set up on a drinking fountain. Somehow though I left the situation unharmed and with the bully as a friend.

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        6. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @twitemp1 and

          That's rare — good for you.

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        7. Esther Mondragón‏ @twitemp1 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @o_guest @PaulRoundy1 and

          How peculiarly absurd, not to mention borderline illegal, can be suggesting that "A person who reacts well to interaction with a bully might come away with a new friend" What about with a rapist or any other CRIMINAL. Frankly, a very unfortunate comment. Correction: appalling.

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        8. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @twitemp1 @o_guest and

          Don't equate a rapist with someone who occasionally teases someone else with words. I have seen many teens/young adults develop friendships with people who bullied/teased them. Everyone was better off in the end because of how the person reacted positively.

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        9. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @twitemp1 and

          "I was once placed head first in a tall trash can, which was then set up on a drinking fountain" is not equal to "occasionally teas[ing] someone else with words" !!!!

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        2. Jelle‏ @theblub 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

          I guess: if you'd say: you run like a girl, not aware of the connotation. then nobody is to blame. the womans rage would be real. your genuine surprise too. There is not one meaning shared, you have used two word contents sharing one word form? however, this is ubiquitous?

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        3. Jelle‏ @theblub 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @theblub @o_guest and

          but if you know the connotation, its different.

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        4. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @theblub @twitemp1 and

          I find it hard to believe somebody would say it without knowing and often the harm done is equivalent. Like Abeba and I have mentioned about the times we have misspoken in the past the correct reaction is: apology and listening, regardless.

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        5. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @o_guest @theblub and

          When you stamp on somebody's foot you apologise.

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        6. Jelle‏ @theblub 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

          Jelle Retweeted Jelle

          (i just typed this in another part)https://twitter.com/theblub/status/956963814209130496?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemail%7Ctwcon%5E7046%7Ctwterm%5E1 …

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          Jelle @theblub
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          for me, the fact that words have no fixed meaning cannot be used as excuse in social encounters. what happens in the encounter is real. both parties sense if A is offensive to B and knows it. Or didn't, yet senses a line was crossed. Then, you apologize& say "I didn't mean that"
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        7. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @theblub @twitemp1 and

          I think we're pretty much (as much as is possible) on the same page after you elaborated. 👍🏻

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        2. Jelle‏ @theblub 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @o_guest @twitemp1 and

          hm. that is not what i meant but i see your point. i started not from normative ethics (something to do with blame) but with the grounding of the meaning of words. more metaphysically if that is the right term /1

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        3. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 26 Jan 2018
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          Replying to @theblub @twitemp1 and

          Ah — gotcha!

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