Sure, but if they keep changing the magic words every few years, they have that many more ways to get mad at people for not using the temporarily “correct” terms, and it’s important to lefty power brokers that they have ways to signal themselves as the elect and correct, and others as cancelable heathens. Mostly other lefties, of course, righties don’t give a fuck about their language games and internecine “who’s holier” competitions among lefties are just as important to them as any left-right battle.
Which is longer, much less well known or clear. Guess what. Language should be clear and concise and its evolution has been almost universally in that direction. People in practice won't use these terms to accommodate an extremely special case
Replacing one binary with another identical, overlapping binary.
Honk honk!
Sure, but if they keep changing the magic words every few years, they have that many more ways to get mad at people for not using the temporarily “correct” terms, and it’s important to lefty power brokers that they have ways to signal themselves as the elect and correct, and others as cancelable heathens. Mostly other lefties, of course, righties don’t give a fuck about their language games and internecine “who’s holier” competitions among lefties are just as important to them as any left-right battle.
Which is longer, much less well known or clear. Guess what. Language should be clear and concise and its evolution has been almost universally in that direction. People in practice won't use these terms to accommodate an extremely special case