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Quote: I_AM_SWIM said: I have plenty of scientific sources to back up my claims, do you?
I mean what claims would I even have to back up? I am pretty sure I have made it known I am speaking about opinion here. I don't need any back up for that.
Read these and reply again if you want to get a response from me. You claim that words don't affect you emotionally. I say that they do. Violence and war usually stem from ideologies that are founded by language. I'm trying to speak seriously of the matter, but you call me a 'faggot', and so I know that you aren't taking the subject seriously, and it's not worth my time talking about it with you.
Well what I meant was I don't think war stems from language as much as actions. If you see people creeping on your livestock/crops you will go protect it and kill them if needed. There needs not be a single word spoken. I'd love to continue this but I need to go to the Dentist and get my bi-yearly fluoride implants.
Exactly. Don't be bringing that Chomsky shit up in here.
I'll agree coercion is violence, but language itself is neutral without the intentions of the speaker. Only hyper-sensitive pussies get upset over the use of words in a non-violent context.
Language is neutral without the intentions of the speaker.
Not necessarily, it doesn't matter what the intention of the speaker/writer is, because it becomes subject to change based on the audience or reader's perspective.
Only hyper-sensitive pussies get upset over the use of words in a non-violent context.
Clearly, you are missing my point, and it's that words can cause psychological damage, and yet you continue to speak like an ignorant sheep.
Read some books, and stop pretending that language doesn't affect human beings on the mental scale; even in a safe context. It does, and has been proven to even change people's behavior, and as we know, behavior dictates action.
"Be not intimidated... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice." - Thomas Jefferson
If you don't believe in a war on drugs, why champion a war on words?
Quote: DungenessDank said: "Be not intimidated... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice." - Thomas Jefferson
If you don't believe in a war on drugs, why champion a war on words?
I never said that I don't believe in a war on drugs, it's pretty obvious that there is one. I don't understand what you mean. I'm well aware of Jefferson's rhetoric, and have read his works extensively.
All that I'm saying is that words and language are more powerful than you may realize, if you understand marketing at any level you would notice this.
"We find that the emotional advantage of consumers' native language depends on personal memories and the language context in which those memories were generated. Thus reading or hearing a word (unconsciously) triggers memories of situations in which that word played a role…Because consumers usually have more personal memories with words in their native language than in their second language, marketing messages in their native"
First of all, I don't understand what you mean by this. I'm not telling anyone what to write or say, I'm simply trying to bring awareness to the situation. Secondly, I have a growing interest in linguistic ethnography, and thirdly, I think it's best that people think before they speak in order to avoid hypocrisy.
I never labeled a word being oppressive. I am simply stating that words cause a psychological impact on people. The word itself isn't inherently good or bad, it's merely a symbol on the objective level, but words with a negative history will spark emotions in people, and all that I'm trying to say is that it's best to be careful with what words you use when speaking or writing, because there will be consequences regarding with what is being said.
It's quite easy to psychologically damage people and drive them towards committing suicide via verbal abuse alone; sure it's up to the individual to finally commit the act, but you cannot deny that the social environment played a role in formulating such a scenario either.
Anyway, here's some Joe Brogan talking about the word 'faggot'.
Anyway, I've been enjoying this conversation so far. It's been fun.
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