Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to AsklemmyEnglish · 1 year agoWhat screams "poorly educated"?message-squaremessage-square464fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down139
arrow-up1288arrow-down1message-squareWhat screams "poorly educated"?Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to AsklemmyEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square464fedilink
minus-squaremulticolorKnightlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 year agoAny reference to “common sense”, which really means “what I believe”. Violating it is used as a universal rebuttal for any intellectually sophisticated argument.
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhich sucks because it’s diluting the meaning of the phrase, and there are still many situations where it does/should apply.
minus-squaretriplenadir@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoyou might enjoy this https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-101-the-false-universality-of-common-sense
Any reference to “common sense”, which really means “what I believe”. Violating it is used as a universal rebuttal for any intellectually sophisticated argument.
Which sucks because it’s diluting the meaning of the phrase, and there are still many situations where it does/should apply.
you might enjoy this https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-101-the-false-universality-of-common-sense