But…
I love linguistics. I love the usage of words, especially to win debates or discussions, and I absolutely love to read the word but.
the word “but” has a very fun usage, whatever you say before but gets automatically deleted from the discussion because of what you say after but. Maybe you have read Some of those:
- I am not a Trump supporter but…
- you might be autistic but…
- I respect your opinion but…
- i’m not a racist but…
See what happens? Automatically you are more drawn to what comes after the but, because in your mind, what came before but doesn’t matter anymore, because the thing you need to focus on, is after the but. They can say the most racist thing in the world and still claim they aren’t racist because they said so before the but.
It’s very dangerous to discuss things with frequent users of but… but it’s so Damn fun.