One reason arguing from definitions tends to fail is there are almost always multiple senses, uses, meanings, and connotations to words (even just sticking to proper, formal, and accepted interpretations). If you are in disagreement, chances are part of that stems from seeing the same things differently.
The same men who say global warming is a hoax, Obamacare has been failing for eight years, and abstinence-only sex-ed works are also convinced even basic gun control is an impossible and useless approach which would only make us less safe. These are also the dudes most likely to tell you black and brown folk have it too good, Obama is a secret Muslim born in Kenya, and Sharia law is being forced on American legal systems. I wonder if there's some sort of overarching thread or theme to all this.
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