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I'm not refusing to engage, I simply don't see things the way you do.
I don't think we're likely to make much progress here I'm either direction.
You are.
I wasn't asking you to agree with the definition, I was asking you to follow it through. You know, like a descriptivist.
If a woman must identify as a woman, then a person who says "I am not a woman" should not be called one. You're in the category if you want to be, you're not if you don't. Simple. Easy. Much utility. This is exactly what people in my camp use it for.
I'll point out, by the way, dictionaries provide a lot of useful context, but you cannot expect them to teach you the world. Words there depend on words for meaning. If you don't know any single word, you can't parse any of the meaning. If you don't believe me, read a French dictionary (no translations) and see if you can parse out from the words alone what anything is.
The only way to parse meaning is to match words you see to experiences you have in life. This is actually how children learn languages. No child knows "the definition," but they do know how to use the words.
He's refusing to engage with me too because he's a coward. It's honestly pathetic. He started the fight with misogyny thinking it would be easy and now he's embarrassed he's being beaten by women so he's refusing to try. Such a worm.
Yeah, it's the anti-intellectualism that really gets me. Reeally bothers me when people refuse to concede even simple, obvious points.
It's been funny reading your branches, too.