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Merriam-Webster's 'anti-vaxxer' definition update sparks allegations of attempt to 'redefine' meaning (ICYMI)
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Posted on 11/20/2021 8:08:50 AM PST by MNDude

"Definition of anti-vaxxer: a person who opposes the use of vaccines or regulations mandating vaccination," Merriam-Webster’s website currently states, noting that it was updated on Sept. 29, 2021.

The definition of "anti-vaxxer" was previously defined, according to an archived definition from 2018 examined by Fox News, as: "A person who opposes vaccination or laws that mandate vaccination."

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1 posted on 11/20/2021 8:08:50 AM PST by MNDude
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2 posted on 11/20/2021 8:10:03 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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3 posted on 11/20/2021 8:11:44 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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How about someone who opposes experimental Wuhan virus vaccine?


4 posted on 11/20/2021 8:12:05 AM PST by Spok
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So anyone who opposes the jab is not an anti-vaxxer because the jabs ain’t vaxxes.


5 posted on 11/20/2021 8:13:09 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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There is a big difference between anti vaccine and anti coercion.
Typical Leftist tactic to conflate two completely different things to make one sound as bad as the other.

6 posted on 11/20/2021 8:18:08 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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That’s right, as I see it.

Even if a billion-dollar toy company bribed Merriam-Webster into redefining an electronic robot dog as a real dog, it still would not be a real dog.

And a synthetic mRNA spike protein injection will never be a true vaccine.

See the Lincoln “dog-leg-tail” meme above.


7 posted on 11/20/2021 8:18:49 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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“So anyone who opposes the jab is not an anti-vaxxer because the jabs ain’t vaxxes.”

BINGO! This is the argument to shout around the world! The government changed their own definition to include this poison too.


8 posted on 11/20/2021 8:19:28 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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“LAWS”? Guess they need to redefine “laws” as well. Haven’t seen any legislation on vaxx mandates.


9 posted on 11/20/2021 8:40:52 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Someone should change the definition of Government


10 posted on 11/20/2021 8:49:32 AM PST by butlerweave
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Somebody should change the definition of “dictionary”.

My definition—”A leftist agitation and propaganda description of words designed to subvert language to support the revolution and end individual liberty.”


11 posted on 11/20/2021 8:56:12 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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Do they have a definition for Vax Pimp or Vax Nazi?


12 posted on 11/20/2021 8:58:56 AM PST by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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" Merriam-Webster’s website currently states, noting that it was updated on Sept. 29, 2021."

Moving the goalposts does not mean you won the game, but it could mean you will get laughed at or arrested.

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13 posted on 11/20/2021 9:06:08 AM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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“So anyone who opposes the jab is not an anti-vaxxer because the jabs ain’t vaxxes.”

That was the case until they changed the definition of a vaccine to fit the current shots.


14 posted on 11/20/2021 9:14:29 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (ONE RIOT, ONE RITTENHOUSE.)
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well, they did change the definition of VACCINE, so...


15 posted on 11/20/2021 9:46:46 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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It’s the nearly universal deceit in all things now, seemingly worldwide, that makes me think “end times” more than anything else.

Always wondered what the “God gave them over” stuff really meant and might look/feel like and now I’m kinda sorry I asked.

It looks and feels like this!

To be honest, I’m not sure where we are in the greater Bible story we’ve been born into, trying to figure that out is a favorite hobby of mine, but we sure seem to be very close to the edge and to the end of something these days.

Not sure the end of what it might be … the end of the age, the times, this epoch, the world, the end of the US or the end of us all?

Who knows, but hopefully it’s the end of our rebellion and apostasy first or it truly will be “The End”.

16 posted on 11/20/2021 9:50:48 AM PST by GBA (Endeavor to persevere)
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At first I had to check to see if this was from the Babylon Bee.


17 posted on 11/20/2021 9:51:40 AM PST by Freee-dame
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New: opposes the use of vaccines Old: opposes vaccination

New: regulations mandating vaccination Old: laws that mandate vaccination

What’s to complain about? Very nearly identical. The new one refers to regulations which is a broader term than laws, and now we have the controversial regulations.


18 posted on 11/20/2021 10:49:22 AM PST by cymbeline
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It’s what communists always do.

Always.


19 posted on 11/20/2021 2:17:28 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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I’m not opposed to vaccinations in general just this semi-vaXX.


20 posted on 11/20/2021 2:23:07 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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