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In fact the Gnorts would not have "a long list of rules to memorize" with "no underlying principles".

They would instead have a history and culture (or many histories and many cultures) to learn in order to contextualize words and symbols and find their actual meaning, because meaning doesn't really exist without context.

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From the perspective of someone who was not raised in the culture in question, this is a distinction without a difference.

Imagine that the 2028 Democratic presidential candidate for some reason consistently uses the term "colored people".

We all know what's going to happen. The underlying history and culture would change within the span of 24 hours, and suddenly "colored people" would loose it's racist connotations.

Awareness of history and culture won't help you understand language rules. Instead, to avoid saying something racist, one must be keenly aware of political expediency.

„The Democrats control the language“ is a wild, but unsurprising take.

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