09-20-2005, 04:49 AM
Hi,
If you wish to use 'liberal' to mean 'my basset puppy when I have to spank it for making a mess on the floor', then you, along with Humpty Dumpty, are indeed entitled to let a word mean exactly what you wish it to mean, nothing more nothing less. That I would prefer to use a more 'established' definition of the word and not dilute its meaning with a crapload of neologisms reflects more on my desire to communicate than to argue.
--Pete
Chaerophon,Sep 18 2005, 10:09 PM Wrote:What I will say is that, while I don't agree with your blanket characterization of 'what it means to be liberal'[right][snapback]89631[/snapback][/right]See my reply below to Nystul.
If you wish to use 'liberal' to mean 'my basset puppy when I have to spank it for making a mess on the floor', then you, along with Humpty Dumpty, are indeed entitled to let a word mean exactly what you wish it to mean, nothing more nothing less. That I would prefer to use a more 'established' definition of the word and not dilute its meaning with a crapload of neologisms reflects more on my desire to communicate than to argue.
--Pete
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