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Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics'
Layzej writes: Prominent scientists, science communicators, and skeptic activists, are calling on the news media to stop using the word "skeptic" when referring to those who refuse to accept the reality of climate change, and instead refer to them by what they really are: science deniers. "Not all individuals who call themselves climate change skeptics are deniers. But virtually all deniers have falsely branded themselves as skeptics. By perpetrating this misnomer, journalists have granted undeserved credibility to those who reject science and scientific inquiry."
And I want all journalists to stop adding a -gate suffix to political scandals! Also, Santa, I would like...
Don't get me started on pirates.
And hot dogs contain only 0.01% dog. They would prefer to be called something different, but they're not sentient.
And hot dogs contain only 0.01% dog.
Yes, but hot dogs are homeopathic food . . . so the lower percentage of dog, the stronger it tastes of doggy.
Or something like that.
I'm actually quite surprised that PETA hasn't thrown a hissy fit over the name "hot dog".
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
The problem is that the term " cracker [npr.org] " is already well established in use, a derogatory term referring to white people from the rural south.
We prefer to be called "Saltine-Americans".
If you asked members of the general public what a hacker is, you are most likely to get the definition of a cracker.
That ship has sailed. Note that ships almost never have sails anymore, either, so that term has been hijacked also. And don't get me started about "hijack" being applied to word meaning...
Have you read my blog lately?