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Consider this article: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/10/ghana-calls-end-queens-english I am by no means "pulling it out of my ass" when I say that the obsession many westerners have with correctness is consistently used to oppress people, and this article is one example. In the case...

"Correct language" has a very racist, classist, and colonialist history. It's like "get like us - because we know The Answer" . The person who claims to have the "real" definition positions themselves as a Lord of truth..

Got to say, going to guess you are a primitivist by your username, and should point out that intensely well defined words, labels, cultural borders is a distinctly civilized phenomenon. I do agree that there is something to be said for maintaining punk culture that isn't watered down.. punk is...