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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I think it's used to capture a variety of realities that otherwise aren't captured. The point is, it's horrid. If you have a problem with that, you have a problem with reality, not language.
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They are captured! That's the point. We have this neat concept called accurate use of language. There was a guy named Safire who wrote books about it. There was a comedian named Carlin who did entire bits about misuse of language. They were both quite excellent.
Anyway, there's this word called "apologist" and another called "denier," and they describe people who apologize for things (including things that shouldn't be apologized for) and deny things. "Climate change deniers" ring a bell?
And there are a lot more words than that which can be applied to people defending rotten things. I can't list them all here, but English having been around for a bit, one can find endless ways to accurately describe something horrible in an accurate manner.
