The “Just Semantics” Deflection of Cowards
The “Just Semantics”
Deflection of Cowards
The phrase “it’s just semantics” is commonly used to dismiss concerns about wording, terminology, or definitional accuracy. It is often meant to suggest that language differences are superficial and do not affect the substance of a disagreement. However, in philosophical, ethical, and even everyday reasoning, this assumption is usually false. If Genetics don't matter than objecting to corrections are pointless in and of themselves. That contradiction cannot stand and shouldn't.
Semantics are not a distraction from meaning—they are the structure of meaning. When people dismiss semantic clarification, they are often not removing confusion; they are preserving it.
1. Meaning Is Built From Language, Not Separate From It
