Words matter. Notice they use the word “exterminate” when what they actually mean is “murder”. There are many words that mean “to kill” and those words have original refer to a type of killing. It’s seems the encouragement of using “colorful descriptive” language has folks forgetting the actual meaning of a word. Weeding my garden kills the weeds. Animals are slaughtered and their remains butchered for consumption. “Pests” such as insects and rodents are exterminated. So on and so forth. When someone says they want to exterminate the Jews, they are using a word that does not apply to the killing of a human being. They use such terminology because it gives them the cover of free speech under the law. If they were to use the actual action word that means to kill another person which is “murder” then they would have to face legal repercussions and consequences because murder is against the law. Calling for and threatening to murder is also against the law. It is also morally repugnant and speaking the truth of evil would turn some of their followers against them. One more thought, there are those who will read God’s commandment of “Though shall not commit murder.” using the word “kill” instead of the word “murder.” By using a word other then “murder”, which is their intention, they dilute the hostility, violence and agony of the immorality of the crime of murder. Hence, they avoid speaking the truth of evil which dilutes morality. Are they overly sensitive or actually insensitive to the truth of morality? Or are we all just too lazy and or ignorant to learn to use our words more precisely? {shrug} We are creatures of taught habits in our language.
Words matter. Notice they use the word “exterminate” when what they actually mean is “murder”. There are many words that mean “to kill” and those words have original reference to a type of killing. It’s seems the encouragement of using “colorful descriptive” language has folks forgetting the actual meaning of a word. Weeding my garden kills the weeds. Animals are slaughtered and their remains butchered for consumption. “Pests” such as insects and rodents are exterminated. So on and so forth. When someone says they want to exterminate the Jews, they are using a word that does not apply to the killing of a human being. They use such terminology because it gives them the cover of free speech under the law. If they were to use the actual action word that means to kill another person which is “murder” then they would have to face legal repercussions and consequences because murder is against the law. Calling for and threatening to murder is also against the law. It is also morally repugnant and speaking the truth of evil would turn some of their followers against them. One more thought, there are those who will read God’s commandment of “Though shall not commit murder.” using the word “kill” instead of the word “murder.” By using a word other then “murder”, which is their intention, they dilute the hostility, violence and agony of the immorality of the crime of murder. Hence, they avoid speaking the truth of evil which dilutes morality. Are they overly sensitive or actually insensitive to the truth of morality? Or are we all just too lazy and or ignorant to learn to use our words more precisely? {shrug} We are creatures of taught habits in our language as well as creatures of comfort and the envisaging of our own superiority, hence the usage of words for self-promotion and protection as well as degradation of others.