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    Rhetoric & Omission Entry #0582

    Why an argument built on definitions is hard to answer

    The dispute appears to be about a policy and every exchange is about what a word covers. One side is arguing inside a definition it conceded.

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    Whoever supplies the definition supplies the criteria. Everything after that is administration.

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    Brand Language Entry #0489

    The reason a brand adopts the language of its critics

    Adopting the critic’s vocabulary is not a concession. Once the firm supplies the definition, the word can no longer be used against it as an outside standard.

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    Adopting your critic’s word does not concede their standard. It relocates the standard inside your own report.

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