stealthyeliminator
Regular Member
What people?
"Prius owners"
"Tesla owners"
"Dog owners"
"Glock owners"
Context is everything.....if you are overly sensitive to context.
Being worried about what the anti-liberty crowd thinks of "gun owners" is a rock that is being pushed up hill.
I don't think you understand what I'm trying to suggest. Some people use "gun owners" to portray a negative meaning, illegitimately. When "gun owners" use the same term "gun owners," even if they do not intend to portray the same meaning as those using it illegitimately or negatively, they're unnecessarily lending validity to the negative use of the term. (ETA: Not sure if it's even relevant that even when the term is used not to be malicious it's still lazily inaccurate - who has ever said "all gun owners" and literally meant every person that owns a gun?) When people read "gun owners" they will not stop and think about what it means in the context that it is used in and whether or not it's valid in that context, they will automatically recognize it. There's no use for it but laziness. Don't allow people to think lazily when it leads to harmful and false conclusions, misrepresentations. It is very simple to use a different term to spur deeper thought, better and more accurate conclusions and understandings.
Moreover it appears that you think I'm having a fit over the use of this term... Not in the least. I just made an observation that I thought was interesting, and that some others might find interesting as well. I, personally, will probably try to avoid using the term "gun owners." You're of course free to keep using it, and I probably won't say a word about it. From time to time when someone uses it negatively and incorrectly, to try and be sly and deceitful, I'll probably call them out on it as I have in the past. Shouldn't affect you one bit.
ETA2: Couldn't we all agree that one of the problems with society, and one of the problems that fosters opposition to rights, and particularly the RKBA, is that people simply do not think enough? Then why would it be a bad thing to make minor adjustments to your terminology to help spur deeper thought in people? It's not about a "sensitivity" to "correctness" it's about helping people not fall victim to purposefully misleading catch phrases and buzzwording.
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