Tbh, in German something very similar happened. “Querdenker” (“outside-of-the-box-thinker”) was not a bad term. It just denoted someone who would be maybe a little unconventional and quirky, but in a positive way.
Until Covid happened and the virus denier faction started calling themselves “Querdenker”. Now this term means “conspiracy theorist nut”.
Words describe the world, they do not determine it.
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I’m pretty sure that words which determine the world is a pretty good description of magic
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Tbh, in German something very similar happened. “Querdenker” (“outside-of-the-box-thinker”) was not a bad term. It just denoted someone who would be maybe a little unconventional and quirky, but in a positive way.
Until Covid happened and the virus denier faction started calling themselves “Querdenker”. Now this term means “conspiracy theorist nut”.