Used to be a political operative.

Once you made the leap to arguing the meaning of a label, you’ve lost the argument. The comments of this are an example why.

Nuance doesn’t scale. It’s why politicians use labels in the first place. People are dumb. People are afraid. And they’re not interested in semantics.

If you want someone to come around to your way of thinking, discuss your ideas rather than labeling them and correcting definitions. nostr:note1lfkclsuqe7ga0d2ycnva7kaw8k6jg7v8fl537me8skn6g9dpgt9qyfr30a