• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    27·
    1 day ago

    I think it’s pretty funny he posted this after an election where the dems won all over the place. So many libs don’t want to confront the fact that right next door the people might not be “beknighted”. In fact - they might be as hateful and racist as the people in a highly militarized Nazi compound in Northern Idaho.

    • quarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      This word “beknighted” is weird to me. Are they talking about making someone a knight, or do they mean benighted? And why not just use ignorant? Benighted is a weird, archaic word, and people should be shamed for using it

      Someone please un-nighten me if I’m missing some special jargon

      • orlando [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        10·
        1 day ago

        Benighted is a weird, archaic word, and people should be shamed for using it

        let’s not get ahead of ourselves, unless a word is discriminatory or some sort of right wing shibboleth i don’t think it deserves an expiry date

        • quarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          7·
          24 hours ago

          I was being mostly sarcastic about that, but I also get annoyed when people (especially liberals) use obscure words to sound smart. I think this is why Chris Hayes used it (actually, the incorrect beknighted) instead of a more obvious one

      • wolfinthewoods [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        19 hours ago

        I’m a word nerd so I love etymology, and legit benighted is a cool ass word actually, from etymyonline:

        benighted(adj.)

        1570s, “overtaken by darkness,” past-participle adjective from obsolete verb benight (q.v.). Little used in the literal sense, usually it means “in intellectual or moral darkness” (1630s).