While I agree about reclaiming the word, what OP is talking about is not what a reclaimed word accomplishes. A reclaimed word is about empowerment within the group. OP is talking about selling the concept to the public at large.
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months agoWe’ve long since reclaimed the word, though. It’s not called The Sharing Bay, after all.
That’s my Care Bears only private tracker.
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 4 months ago
lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I think it’s easier for a person to say “piracy is bad” than “sharing files is bad”. Because why would sharing be wrong? But if you give it a bad name, a lot of people will automatically assume that it is something bad. It’s a simple trick, but it works. If we want to change the way people think about copyright, we shouldn’t let anyone imply that sharing is the same as stealing ships and murdering people on them.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Only on easily manipulated and shallow idiots. Especially when the term is used neutrally and positively too. I’ll grant that there’s a lot of those, but not enough that we should let them dictate what words we use.
Again, only total morons think that the two are connected or similar. We should never let morons dictate our words and actions.
androogee@midwest.social 4 months ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Right back at you, except the part about being principled.
Using the word “piracy” isn’t what harms the community. Politicians who are receiving bribes from industry associations is.
Not using the word isn’t going to stop any of them or make their gaslighting any less effective. Getting money out of politics will and, until that becomes possible, educating the ignorant will help.
Oh wow, I had no idea! This is totally new information!
Again, absolute news to me! Are you being an extremely condescending ass on purpose or is that just your automatic response any time someone disagree with your shallow understanding of complex issues?