How many of you are just so sick and tired of buzz words?

Question

It always annoys me, whether in religion or politics, from athiests and Christians to left and right winged leaders; the usage of buzzwords.
"I'm saved!" "Imaginary"
"Dick Cheney is a Nazi!"

Right. While I'm sure there are firm logical supports for these premises (or not, depending on the situation), people still use the terms and phrases they do due to their blatent emotional context, rather than the actual logical connotation the terms are supposed to have. Am I the only one that thinks that people should have some kind of ethical responsibility to not intentionally use terminology that is inheritly misleading due to connotative meaning?

Sorry for the rant, it's just a pet peave of mine.

Emotion isn't something to be discarded necessarily, but arguements are inheritly logical in nature, so if you're going to argue, do it with logic.

Answer 1

Good pet peeve. I like that pet peeve. Think I'll make that my new pet peeve also.

Answer 2

That's the most sensible rant i've seen in religion and spirituality for a long, long time.

The thing is, you're bound to get every buzzword, cliche phrase, scripture quoter and devout atheist spouting off at you now.

Yes, people should have ethical reponsibility but they are so wrapped up in their own vanity - fullfilling their need to believe they are right that they neglect to think in a rational way about anything they say.

In most cases the rubbish they speak is as bad as each others. It's the same stuff regardless of whether the person says they are Muslim, Christian, Jew, Atheist or Satanist.

None of them have thought about what they say. None of them have anything to say and they are saying it far too loud.

Answer 3

Yeah, this was more a rant than a question but you probably know that. I am a Christian but I do think that many Christian buzz words are overused like "saved". From what I remember the bible only uses "saved" once to describe a Christian's experience in coming to God. There are alot more descriptors for someone being saved. Maybe we should use those as well.

Answer 4

I feel the same way about the same tired, worn-out answers people give. It becomes like a program and it ends up meaning nothing. The person who says it doesn't truly feel what it means anymore. It becomes a saying for a purpose and what it means no longer matters.

"I'd rather be safe than sorry."
"It's all a fairytale."
"God loves you."
"It's just a theory."
"They actually do believe but are afraid."
"I'd rather think for myself."

Half the time, people don't even feel what they're saying anymore.

Answer 5

I consider the Socialist/Socialism one, yet no longer with your assessment of folk who use the term teabagger. The Tea social gathering "flow" is fill with people who're in basic terms hateful. Spitting on Congressmen and shouting racial and homophobic epithets. they are teabaggers in each and every experience of the be conscious. They deserve no admire, incredibly considering that they are protesting severe taxation at time while it does not EXIST!

Answer 6

Advertising sells products, and in this case a provocative question posting by a yahoo user is going to need a strong title to catch the attention of the minions who are going to debate.

Answer 7

I agree. So many people are too lazy to use proper language and use buzz words and phrases instead.

Answer 8

Aren't emotions valid? No one claimed that they were logical, but should they be discounted nonetheless?

Who says that logic rules?

(However, you're right in that the endless drone of chants from either extreme begins to sound just like a cult...)

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Go ahead and rant .........becuase yor are right ........who are we to judge others wether the shoe fits or not.........tell em to BUZZ off ........ciao