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minus-squareGorilladrums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·1 month agoThis is just pedantic and stupid. It’s like the right saying that Nazis are socialist because the party’s name is “national socialism”.
minus-squareLwL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoSeriously. While it is pretty much true in this case, if your argument is just “the name means this thing” it’s a terrible argument and you should maybe find actual reasons to support your cause.
minus-squareGorilladrums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s literally the etymological fallacy
This is just pedantic and stupid. It’s like the right saying that Nazis are socialist because the party’s name is “national socialism”.
Seriously. While it is pretty much true in this case, if your argument is just “the name means this thing” it’s a terrible argument and you should maybe find actual reasons to support your cause.
It’s literally the etymological fallacy