Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to AsklemmyEnglish · 2 years agoWhat screams "poorly educated"?message-squaremessage-square463fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down139
arrow-up1288arrow-down1message-squareWhat screams "poorly educated"?Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to AsklemmyEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square463fedilink
minus-squaremulticolorKnightlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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