Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz. referred to Black people as "colored people" Thursday in floor debate over his proposed amendment to an annual defense policy bill, prompting a stern rebuke from the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Lawmakers were debating a series of GOP-backed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the House aims to pass by the end of the week.
Semantics matter!!!
Semantics are about the meaning of words, and how the meaning can be changed drastically by minor changes of a sentence or the sequence of words that have similar meaning? Semantics are important, even if the above poster believe they aren’t.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics
That’s exactly the case here? The words have similar meaning, but the sentences do not, both because of the cultural origin, and the sequence of the words actually matter.
Edit: I was originally a bit confused, because the above post uses the word semantics contrary to the meaning. I guess that can be expected for people who just in general don’t get it.
It’s clearly saying they don’t care about the difference, not just saying it’s a semantic difference.
It’s a reply in bad faith and a very transparent one at that
Thanks ;).
I have noticed the word tends to seemingly be used in that way, and have corrected my post to describe that semantics actually matter.