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Kamala Harris' opening argument: Vote for me and I'll decimate Project 2025
(www.businessinsider.com)
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Not to be a pedant but I would like it if more than 1/10 of Project 2025 got shut down
I don't think that's pedantic whatsoever in this context. Words matter from politicians, especially when they have teams of speechwriters, and she's not exactly Ms. Progressive. She's promised to fight against 10% of it, and it's totally valid to want her to clarify her intent.
Y’all know decimate was the headline and this was the actual statement, right?
Regardless, the "pedantic" argument against the headline is only a thing if you're not allowing for the evolution of language, it's actually just being a snooty language snob given that language does evolve and the usage of the headline aligns with common standards these days:
See also definition 3b of the same source.
Well I do now thank you!