What the fuck is he babbling on about? Getting technical about two words but this coming from the guy who would argue and say "commonality of language" to people saying the same shit he just did.
Jimmy's point stands as a technicality, but he's really flat-out ignoring the positive connotations that "courageous" and "brave" have.
"Why does courage and bravery only have to be for good things?"
Because, for whatever reason, our language sort of settled on that implication. We have other words to describe courage in the commission of evil acts.
He's not ignoring the positive connotations per se, he's arguing against them and making a plea for people to use precise language. But that said I don't expect the opinion a high school dropout second mic of a radio show no one listens to to have any influence on semantics.
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2 riesj22 2015-06-15
What the fuck is he babbling on about? Getting technical about two words but this coming from the guy who would argue and say "commonality of language" to people saying the same shit he just did.
1 panjshirlion 2015-06-15
Jimmy's point stands as a technicality, but he's really flat-out ignoring the positive connotations that "courageous" and "brave" have.
"Why does courage and bravery only have to be for good things?"
Because, for whatever reason, our language sort of settled on that implication. We have other words to describe courage in the commission of evil acts.
2 winkleham 2015-06-15
He's not ignoring the positive connotations per se, he's arguing against them and making a plea for people to use precise language. But that said I don't expect the opinion a high school dropout second mic of a radio show no one listens to to have any influence on semantics.
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0 ShaneMichaelOfficial 2015-06-15
I think Jim is confusing mental illness for bravery..