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The point is that we should try to stop using euphemistic language around rape. It happens all the time, and it lessens the impact of the act for the reader. We should be explicit.
It's necessary bc by your logic, "fucking" is a euphemism.
You mean the distinction between engaging in consensual intercourse (aka "fucking") vs committing a heinous crime?
If you think pointing out that babies can only be raped, is the problem, not saying he "fucked" them, this is a you problem...
I'm making the point that babies cannot be fucked, only raped, which obviously isn't "inherent" to the person who said "he fucked babies" which minimises the reality of the "scenario" as you call it (more minimisation, why do you do that? To preserve your own comfort of course!). Words matter, and if you think pointing that out is "splitting hairs" (when you're literally the only one making a load of fuss over this valid distinction), then again, you're the one with the problem here (and taking issue with someone pointed out that babies can only be raped, not "fucked" is definitely a problem that needs addressing, like seriously - imagine being the person dying on the hill to defend the use of "fucked" to describe baby rape.. 🤦♀️).
You seem awfully interested in this topic... Is there something we should know?
Lemmy sucks. This isn't a you thing. Nobody IRL would ever spend the energy debating you on this. And of course a follow-up of "whoa relax don't get triggered bro"
There is no understanding that words matter round these parts at all. This place is a dangerous bubble bc it started as a place where one assumed everyone was on the level. So if you were the outlier opinion, maybe it really was you: I'd challenge myself and question my opinions. Now, if I'm downvoted, I dig in and entrench.
Others might just call it being pedantic.
Yeah, he's reddit-brained for sure.