alt Hacker NewsYet, if I said my wife belonged to me I think I would get a few rebukes.
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burkaman • yesterday at 9:26 PM
Right, because that's a completely different sentence with a completely different meaning.
Yet, if I said my wife belonged to me I think I would get a few rebukes.
Right, because that's a completely different sentence with a completely different meaning.
Why not just have a conversation in good faith?
Instead of assuming the person you're chatting with is talking about slavery, and then when they clarify they're not talking about slavery, and you saying that it could be about slavery, you could just as easily say, "oh I misunderstood you". Sometimes humans have misunderstandings. Languages are messy. Just let it go.