Joseph Pearce at the First Things blog reflects on a recent English judge's ruling on homosexual "marriage" and the corruption of language in the public discussion of the issue.
I concur with the article's intent, the refutation of the usage of the words, and John's comment.
There is quite literally a chasm between the usage of language by the pluralistic community and the denotation of words in their buzzspeak.
Words like "tolerance" have come to mean something very different than they really mean, and have been give connotations that have nothing to do with their meaning. We do well to learn to pick out those words, just as the author has done in this article.
I concur with the article's intent, the refutation of the usage of the words, and John's comment.
ReplyDeleteThere is quite literally a chasm between the usage of language by the pluralistic community and the denotation of words in their buzzspeak.
Words like "tolerance" have come to mean something very different than they really mean, and have been give connotations that have nothing to do with their meaning. We do well to learn to pick out those words, just as the author has done in this article.