| JuliusHackebeil said: If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -Philip K. Dick |
A big issue that I have with this kind of argument, is what about the people that control the words in the other direction?
Group A coming up with new words they want to use, and Group B wants to prevent them from using those words. Why do you view Group A exclusively as being the one controlling the words, and not Group B preventing Group A's language use?
That's a big problem with these kinds of generic statements, they're often true in both directions.
Just like that neo-nazi quote that constantly gets thrown around "simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"
No body wants to be criticized and plenty of people on all parts of the political spectrum get pretty upset if they're criticized.
It just ends up being meaningless. It only sounds good to people who lack self awareness.
