William Shakespeare

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@AbrahamHanover @ChrisCa41169473 I'm responded to Chris in this instance. Tagging you in the response was accidental. Apologies.

@ChrisCa41169473 @AbrahamHanover As it stands, the way he used the word undermined his point instead of making it. That is poor word usage by any standard.

@WilliamisaLego @AbrahamHanover Yet the Bard did both vigorously and with utter abandon, reshaping wide swaths of English upon his whims. It’s almost like languages are alive and in constant flux.

@ChrisCa41169473 @AbrahamHanover Of his intention. Perhaps if the bard were writing today, he would experience similar reactions from people to his wordplay.

@ChrisCa41169473 @AbrahamHanover Indeed, but this word have a very definite meaning in our current culture, and in the context of his usage, the word indicates the opposite

@ChrisCa41169473 @AbrahamHanover Making up new words isn't the same as using existing words incorrectly and insisting they don't mean what they actually mean.

@WilliamisaLego @AbrahamHanover Good thing we have the Bard here to protect us from people using the words they want and making a new definition based on context... Nothing ironic to see here.

@AbrahamHanover There are plenty of words you could have used without incorrectly using this one and then arguing that everyone else is wrong.

@Spacekatgal @AbrahamHanover They make a choice to continue dehumanizing women, to reject anything the disagrees with their view of things and not examine themselves

@WilliamisaLego @AbrahamHanover I don’t agree with this. Our society structural breaks men, and then they grow up to harm all of us. That doesn’t make them unaccountable, and it certainly doesn’t entitle them to not change anything. But, I don’t think they made a choice to be emotionally hollowed.

@Spacekatgal @AbrahamHanover Actually, I partially agree. They are making a choice. Claiming they don't have one is removing responsibility for their actions.

@Spacekatgal @AbrahamHanover Yes, I agree, but they aren't being dehumanized. That isn't what the word means.

@AbrahamHanover Doubling down on the error doesn't help make your point.

@AbrahamHanover For the record, I don't disagree with your point, but you really need to step back and recognise that you used it incorrectly.

@AbrahamHanover There aren't different definitions of the term. This isn't an alternative fact situation.

@AbrahamHanover All the things they strip away from their idea of women.

@AbrahamHanover These men aren't being dehumanized. They are still seen a individuals with agency and capable of choice and preferences.

@AbrahamHanover It specifically refers to depriving a person or group of people of individuality and human qualities.