• Dasus@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      We’re definitely not discussing English colloquialisms

      That’s weird seeing how I DEFINITELY was. Direct quote from the beginning of my earlier comment:

      “Nazi” is more a colloquial term

      #colloquial term

      Do you think you can just go about telling people that what they’re literally talking about isn’t what they’re actually talking about?

      • Also a direct quote from the same comment:

        “So yeah, in essence, these Israeli Jews are Nazis, however ironic it sounds”

        This doesn’t have anything to do with colloquialisms anymore but instead with real-world facts.

        Let me demonstrate:

        If you suddenly start calling every coloured bird a Parrot, will a Bluefinch become “in essence” a Parrot?

        Of course not. A Bluefinch is a Bluefinch and not a Parrot, the same way a Whale isn’t a Fish just because it has fins even though we tend to colloquially call animals with fins “fish”. Because words have meanings that you can’t just re-define.

        So no, you can’t call them a Nazi. Because it is just plain factually wrong.

        Do you think you can just go about telling people that what they’re talking about isn’t what they’re actually talking about?

        Well, i think my Comment did a good job representing how from my point of view you were the one derailing the discussion and making it about colloquialisms when it was clearly about allegations of Nazism.

        So maybe we should not presumptively make accusations? Who am I kidding, this is the Internet.