You know…there’s a lot of nuance to “watering down” words
Neither position in absolute is a good idea.
On the one hand you hold to such a rigid definition that almost nothing but the most extreme circumstances qualifies. And everything else is fair game.
On the other hand you end up with someone like me calling themselves a cancer survivor. It is technically true, but I don’t think a benign skin tumor I was born with really “counts”.
What’s my point? That neither position is an argument by itself. Definitions change. Literally every moment of every day.
Does it help more people than it harms to change it? That’s where the discussion really lies. But that’s hard. And doesn’t get easy views. No one does that.
On the one hand you hold to such a rigid definition that almost nothing but the most extreme circumstances qualifies. And everything else is fair game.
On the other hand you end up with someone like me calling themselves a cancer survivor. It is technically true, but I don’t think a benign skin tumor I was born with really “counts”.
What’s my point? That neither position is an argument by itself. Definitions change. Literally every moment of every day.
Does it help more people than it harms to change it? That’s where the discussion really lies. But that’s hard. And doesn’t get easy views. No one does that.
36-40, T
