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Furthermore, using the phrase “common sense” to describe an idea inherently dismisses any individual that will argue against it. They either are too dumb to have common sense, or too much of an elite to have common sense.

It's basically become a thought terminating cliche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A...

It is what it is

I think you care way too much about this topic.

This is the word smithing they are known for. By labeling “common sense” means anyone who argues against it is against “common sense” because every argument is a strawman argument.

That was the original meaning dating back at least to thomas paine (bless his heart). It is a term impossible to deploy in good faith.

Always meant that, so far as I can see.