Comments on: Merriam Webster redefines word after manufactured woke outrage

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:34:58 +0000

This is 1984 type of bullshit where established societal norms like simple definitions and word usage can overnight be changed in the “important records” dept. Webster has been lost to the Cabal’s wishes.

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 03:35:51 +0000

I hear ya Mark, So tired of scandal after scandal, shopping in a small biz will kill you from the ‘Rona, but protests, meh, y’know 1st Amendment and all that. Unless your right to speak includes viewpoints that are verboten. Yes Kavanaugh hearings were a shitshow…public discourse is a shitshow. And the swamp cabal evades prosecution again. Have all but bailed from social media, can’t take the insanity any more. But still read the Epoch times, your newsletter, and Dan Bongino, have not gone total ostrich. Thank you for keeping us informed, even if some of the tech stuff is over my head!

By: smayer97

smayer97 — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:32:06 +0000

@ Linnea you are missing the point… this is NOT about the changing of the meaning of words… this is about changing of the meaning of already accepted usage of words for the MAIN PURPOSE of attempting to manipulate and control the discourse and those with differing views. This is a form of compelled speech. This has NOTHING to do with the evolution of language in the sense that you present.

By: Joe Condie

Joe Condie — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:17:12 +0000

Hi Mark, Don’t agree with some of your politics and have only a passing interest in the digital world, but your comments are sharp and right on, and always worth reading. Please don’t give up your commentary, despite how depressing the situation is.

Thx for doing it.
Joe

By: Linnea

Linnea — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:06:22 +0000

Hi,

You know you live in an age of print when people complain about the language evolving to meet the needs of the people who use it. Until Gutenberg and the printing press, even the hallowed English language developed and evolved over the years; that’s why we have ‘Old English’, ‘Middle English’, and ‘modern English’ separated by only a few centuries. Since Gutenberg, European languages have mostly stagnated, which is why we can still read Shakespeare in the original and understand it.

I suspect two dialects of English will emerge in North America over the next few decades (at least two): one belong to people from before the digital era, whose dialect supports a hierarchical and conservative worldview, and one after, whose dialect is more precise and supports a wider variety of subjectivities. It’s not unexpected that people who prefer the first will have scorn for those who prefer the second, it’s just sad.

Linnéa

By: smayer97

smayer97 — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:41:53 +0000

It is woke to be “woke” today, don’t you know?! If not you might as well croak, or they will try to make you wish you did. Ah, what a joke (if only).