slothrop@lemmy.ca to Political humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agoSemantic Is Pedanticimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1614arrow-down127
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minus-squareLwL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months 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-up1·6 months agoIt’s literally the etymological fallacy
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