Words actually mean things, and despite persistent attempts by many on the right to make it so, “socialism” does not mean either “any government activity that is not a tax cut or an attempt to kill swarthy people with weapons” or “whatever it is Obama happens to be doing at the moment.”
-- John Scalzi
Yes, you must read the whole thing, a couple of days late in passing it along though I am. And don't miss the link to an old post where he dumps on Doughy for forgetting that words actually mean things, but in case you do, here it is. ("Now, I know it’s not the fashion to prefer the original sources to current, revisionist views of history …")
(h/t: Jinnet, via email)
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