Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "Andy Warski Jared Holt Audio ft. High School Sexist/homophobic Archive" video.

  1. Language has two fundamental values: Signal, and Symbol. For the difference between a sign and a symbol, see Susan Langer's work. The short of it is the difference between an "indication" and an "explanation". The "buzzword" is a good example of a signal, an indicator, a pointer. Poetry would be a fair example of symbolical language usage. Between these extremes we have...the dictionary! I find it encouraging that people are experiencing definitional thought. Experience will eventually bring refinement and definitions will become more responsible; then a lot of the incidental invective that permeates media discussion will dissipate.
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