a fool sees not the same tree: sticks & stones & words & bombs 

thesadnessofpencils:

This post discusses harmful language & trigger warnings apply accordingly.

Language evolves. That fact is undeniable. Language is a manifestation of social attitudes, & used to justify societal norms.

What I would like to point out is that language co-opts existing words & gives them new…

I’ve been thinking about this most of today.

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   I’ve been thinking about this most of today.

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   ^This person, right here. I think. I don’t know, and I think that’s the point, that I don’t know, so people please need...

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   But don’t you know, anyone who kills people MUST have a mental illness, because NORMAL people don’t kill anyone!...

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    I’m glad you’ve used this opportunity to learn, I really am. The only way things can change is if people are willing to...

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    HOLY HOT SHIT THIS IS LIKE THE MOST CIVILIZED DISCUSSION ABOUT PRIVILEGE THAT I HAVE EVER WITNESSED ON TUMBLR OH MY GOD...

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    That we are 100% sure of, because we totally caught him and sat him down with modern psychiatrists and obtained a...

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    That we are 100% sure of, because we totally caught him and sat him down with modern psychiatrists and obtained a...

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    That we are 100% sure of, because we totally caught him and sat him down with modern psychiatrists and obtained a...

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    K, so. Other people are responding to this in ways that are probably more eloquent than I can manage while still...

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