Similarly without context it is difficult to explain why "all lives matter" is supposed to be racist, etc.
It's difficult to explain without context why the sounds that make up the word "matter" refer to the concept we commonly understand as "matter". Terms always get their meaning from the context in which they are used.
I don't see how knowing a lot of different concepts means that you are mind-killed. Language isn't the enemy of rationality.
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