When an online conversation starts with different understandings of the meanings of words how does dialogue even start?
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This is about the counterexample guy isn't it?
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What do you mean by 'online'?
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Not just online. "It depends on the definition of the word 'is'". - Bill Clinton
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I'm not sure 'bounce' is the right word to use in this case ;o)
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What do you mean by 'basic'?
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This is true of any conversation; not just online ones.
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Be careful, you might get an Internet law named after yourself.
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sometimes, people use words to. point to personal experience that the other would never have guessed, so sometimes it does make sense to ask
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I was taught in debating that almost every argument is typically about the definition of words.
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True, but it's worth holding out for the inevitable Godwin's law.
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“It’s not [health] *insurance* if it covers future certainties [bc pre-existing condition]”. Gee this really advanced the discussion, thanks
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Hold on - that's the exception. The entire root of the pain is USA is trying to use insurance to provide healthcare.
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That’s sort of what I meant - you can’t “define the issue away” by using a dictionary.
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Honestly, if you do want to treat it as insurance, then the republicans position is somewhat less insane.
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A single instance is enough for falsification. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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