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Tolerance redefined: a topic chronically ill understand

Written By: JoJoisms - Jun• 10•16

Those of us with chronic illness understand how people understand words differently than we do.  Tired isn’t the same thing as fatigued.  A little pain from a cut isn’t the same as living with chronic pain.  And tolerance has been hard for us to get from others who don’t understand why we are always tired and in pain.  The word tolerance is being redefined as are other words.  The social ramifications of that are huge.  I wrote about it on my Art of Eloquence communication blog this month.  Here’s a bit with a link to read further.

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If you’re too tired to whine and don’t want to take the time, redefine!

Too often someone doesn’t have the facts on their side so they are reduced to whining in order to support their argument.  “It’s unfair!”  Unable to tell us why it’s unfair and unwilling to take the time to explain themselves, the political answer is often to redefine the words and terms in order to suit their slant on the topic.

This is a three part series on a topic that I’ve actually discussed in years past, but with the political climate climbing toward the November elections this year, the ideological machines are in full swing redefining words, terms and phrases in order to substantiate their political agenda.

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