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In a now deleted tweet, weirdo Azealia Banks shares that "fucking 14 year old girls was really only made a social taboo in the 1990s" (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 weeks ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/political_weirdos@lemmy.world

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[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They were taking about pedophile being used colloquially. Medical definitions and social definitions often differ.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When the word is a medical, technical, or scientific word the actual definition is the only definition and anyone else using it differently is just wrong.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Language is constantly changing, buddy. You're fighting a losing battle.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No for example your lung will never mean your kidney even if the majority of people failed anatomy technical terms mean what experts say they mean not what others say

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Right, that's an anatomical body part, not a word used to categorize people.