First of all, i knew you were going to play the "words change meanings over time" card and i have no problem with that.
What i have a problem with is a small, or large group of people insisting that you change the meaning of a word, like 99% of the the transgendered community seems to do.
If words change overtime colloquially by organic means, i have no problem with that. But do not try to force people to change a word to mean what you want it to...that is the essence of totalitarianism and dictatorship and I reject all forms of that behavior.
The word "man" is not a malleable or an ambiguous word either so if someone is trying to change it, odds are they aren't happy with what they know the word actually means.
I can duct tape a shopping cart on the back of my moped and insist that everyone call it a "pick up truck" but the reality is that its a moped with a shopping cart on the back of it.
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