Semantics
In most cases, the difficulty with social intercourse is due to either a misunderstanding due to definitions, foreign language translations or unfamiliarity of certain terms.
Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
In most cases, the difficulty with social intercourse is due to either a misunderstanding due to definitions, foreign language translations or unfamiliarity of certain terms.
Are our thoughts, words, and deeds acceptable in God’s eyes? Or do we speak one way in public and another way in private?
History as a social science is relatively new – less than 200 years old as a unique academic discipline. Concurrently for most of its 200 years one school of thought stands out in its pedantic use of language to promote itself. That branch of history is Marxism.
The assertion that language shapes thought is more than a linguistic theory; it’s a reality with deep philosophical and political ramifications.
In the crucible of leadership, language wields unparalleled power, capable of inspiring, motivating, or perilously inciting conflict.
Are our thoughts, words, and deeds acceptable in God’s eyes? Or do we speak one way in public and another way in private?
Words are not sticks, they are words, they have meaning. What are your pronouns? Why distortion of the language in defiance of objective reality, harms society.
Words and Actions: the inherent misuse of each Xenophobic, Homophobic, Racist, and an endless list of other terms have gained mainstay use in these days and times. They are used to try and shame or guilt, or even silence a group out of some fear they are suppose to imply. I don’t fear these words. …