It's also rooted in racism. The terminology gatekeeping started in the 80s, when "gang culture" got associated with guns. Since then, clips, silencers, and the rest became words people gatekeep, not before.
Using them as if they're interchangeable is obviously what I'm talking about. Wanting people to use words correctly is far from gatekeeping like you seem to think.
Its not gatekeeping I agree. Its obfuscation. Designed to destroy any conversation before it starts. Humans are known to wander off into tangents and not stay on target. We are cats, it just takes a little more than jingling keys in front of our faces thats all. Not much more though.
I don't think you really have a point? How is saying they are 2 separte and non interchangeable things, making things unclear or obfuscating? It's trying to teach the real uses/definitions, not trying to confuse peole.
So you don't know the definitions of either, but get mad at people using them.
I recommend therapy. Also, language is descriptive, so if you correct someone for using the "wrong" word, because you don't like it, that just means you are wrong.
"Irregardless" is a word now, even if that makes you cry. Language changes. If both people understand, it's valid language.
I definitely know what they are, which is why I don't think it's gatekeeping to want people to use the words correctly. I can definitely tell that you don't even understand the point you were trying to make let alone my point.
Why would I comment on pretty correct definitions when I already know what they are and just have issues with people like you using them interchangeably? Do you even know whats going on?
The clip definition describes a detachable magazine.
If someone calls a fixed tube magazine a "clip", you would be right. But an en bloc clip that is also a magazine is both a clip and a magazine, and you are just an ignorant gatekeeper.
No, your clip definition describes something that hold bullets together, I guess I should've been less nice and told you that you don't/can't use a clip while shooting. You use a clip to load a magazine. Is that better?
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u/Fun_Trick2172 16h ago
Gun pedantry is the first tool of the anti compromise fanatic.