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When understanding isn’t enough…just ”over stand”.
Heard it explained once that they “do not stand under the law,” therefore they “overstand” it.
It’s obstinacy mixed with idiocy.
Maybe..
But overstand is a common word in Rasta.
They make a lot of intentional linguistic “adjustments” that are made for political/ spiritual reasons. I believe the switch from understand to overstand has to do with feelings of sovereignty and not being “under” someone.
The sovcits have probably borrowed this idea of making a political statement by changing language
This is what I was trying to describe and it’s just linguistic hullabaloo. The word “understand” has absolutely nothing to do with literally standing under anything/one. It simply means to comprehend. This under/overstand distinction is borne out of ignorance and nothing more.