You know, there was a discussion on hacker news about this being censored by US news media, and a ton of people were pointing out some news media outlets in the US did report on it, albeit rather poorly, and it reminded me of something that's been bothering me.

I haven't put much thought into this, so this might sound like gibberish or nonsense, so be prepared for that, but I think I'm noticing something going on with words and the way people use and abuse them.

I guess the best way to explain it is through an example, that you can only say you live in a fascist society when you cannot say you are living in a fascist society. Simpe enough.

...But I think you CAN say that in any case.

I think there was censorship going on, even if it wasn't censorship by the exact definition. It's like what Snowden is saying in the interview about the distinction between "spying" and "data collection", and how the NSA doesn't spy on anyone, but it certainly collects tons of data on everyone. It's not spying by the exact definition.

I think there's this recent trend of troublesome words reviving themselves while we try to say those words are dead (There is no racism anymore, no slavery, etc.) and, I guess I want to say surpass... Transcend the limits of their definitions?

It's like nonalcoholic beer. It's beer, except it's not beer.

I know this probably makes no sense, but it's been bothering me.