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<p>[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 15094, member: 7"]</p><p><strong>Racism</strong> means viewing one race as superior or inferior to another, right? Wrong! It means privilege + power! So black people cannot possible be racist against white people!</p><p></p><p><strong>Homophobic</strong> means that you're scared of homosexual right? Wrong! It means that you hate them and want them to die!</p><p></p><p><strong>Diversity</strong> means a bunch of people who differ, right? Wrong! It means everything but white men! A room full of black women is diverse!</p><p></p><p><strong>Incel</strong> means "involuntarily celibate" right? Wrong! It actually means that you're a part of an online community that hates women so much that they are willing to commit mass shootings about it!</p><p></p><p><strong>Minorities</strong> means people with darker skin tones, regardless of their actual numbers in comparison to everyone else.</p><p></p><p><strong>Man</strong> means whatever one wants it to mean.</p><p></p><p><strong>Woman </strong>means whatever one wants it to mean.</p><p></p><p><strong>White Supremacy</strong> is when white people don't want their cultural identity to be erased. Everyone else can want to preserve their cultural identity, and it's not a form of supremacy.</p><p></p><p>There seems to be a trend among <em>certain people</em> of taking words that are self-explanatory, and saying "no, actually the word doesn't mean <em>that</em>".</p><p></p><p>Please discuss, and list more words that don't mean what a normal, reasonable person would think that they mean.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 15094, member: 7"] [B]Racism[/B] means viewing one race as superior or inferior to another, right? Wrong! It means privilege + power! So black people cannot possible be racist against white people! [B]Homophobic[/B] means that you're scared of homosexual right? Wrong! It means that you hate them and want them to die! [B]Diversity[/B] means a bunch of people who differ, right? Wrong! It means everything but white men! A room full of black women is diverse! [B]Incel[/B] means "involuntarily celibate" right? Wrong! It actually means that you're a part of an online community that hates women so much that they are willing to commit mass shootings about it! [B]Minorities[/B] means people with darker skin tones, regardless of their actual numbers in comparison to everyone else. [B]Man[/B] means whatever one wants it to mean. [B]Woman [/B]means whatever one wants it to mean. [B]White Supremacy[/B] is when white people don't want their cultural identity to be erased. Everyone else can want to preserve their cultural identity, and it's not a form of supremacy. There seems to be a trend among [I]certain people[/I] of taking words that are self-explanatory, and saying "no, actually the word doesn't mean [I]that[/I]". Please discuss, and list more words that don't mean what a normal, reasonable person would think that they mean. [/QUOTE]
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