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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Words that people misuse are still meaningful when the reader and writer both understand the same meaning. I expect you understand OP perfectly well.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Words that people misuse for the sake of propaganda are intentionally misleading, regardless of how any in-group understands it.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Your use of the word "intentionally" is quite confusing to me. Intentionally misleading on whose part? The word's part, or the in-group's?