• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 hours ago

    Right, but if you’ll continue reading, it’s how schools teach it in sociology class. I didn’t make the rubric, I just got suspended for questioning it.

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      4 hours ago

      But this isn’t a sociology class? It’s not even a sociology forum. Words can have different meanings and connotations in different contexts. The academic definition of a word does not automatically trump the colloquial definition, especially not in non-academic circumstances.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 hours ago

        Sociology:

        The study of human social behavior

        Well, the sociologists have decided they’re relevant to all human interaction, so there’s that.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 hours ago

        Wait, by “defending it” do you mean “defending my assertion that this is what they’re teaching kids in school?” If yes; because that’s true. If by “defending it” you mean “agreeing with the sociologists,” well, “I’m not, I haven’t done that one time, as I’ve repeatedly said.”

        What exactly are you arguing with me about, the fact that sociologists say it, or your incorrect perception that I agree with the people I keep saying I disagree with?