only the definition that you prefer is valid. Not the actual meaning of the word

So the meaning of a word is how it's used. This case with Jefferies, the meaning of the word is "famous black man like Tupac". That's the meaning. We know this because the person assigning it to him is not speaking in Arabic, and not applying the same moniker to white people.

So even in that basis alone, the moniker may as well be "AIPAC Blackman". Because that's literally the extent of thought being put into it.

The problem is that Tupac's name is not just some accident of history. It is a deliberate choice. Therefore it comes with meaning.

Meaning is constructed. It's not something found in a dictionary, it's a participatory process.

This is true for plenty of other names: Hitler, Trump, Gandhi, etc. Imagine calling JD Vance's wife "A Hot Ma Gandhi". Not only is it offensive simply by virtue of the dehumanization that comes from decontextualizing a name based on ethnicity or race and just applying a famous name of one member of that community to another (like calling all Chinese people Lee or Ching), but it's ALSO applying a name with the baggage if honor to a person who doesn't deserve that honor.

I wouldn't be offended on behalf of the Gandhi family. I would just find it offensive and ignorant.

This is like that. I am not upset on behalf of the Shakur's, I am upset as me, because it's an ignorant and offensive name for all of these reasons. And you defending it is a lot like the good old boys saying "what are you some kind of Indian lover? If they don't like it let them come tell me to my face that they don't like it". It's not a good look

You're working off some random definition he found on some bullshit name site to argue why he should not just ignore the family that made the name famous, but take it away from them. Let's not pretend like you're not using "AIPAC Shakur" as a loose Tupac reference.

And now you're likening being against this to somehow also thinking referring to codifying fictional character must mean it's an insult to all people named Tom? You know that's not an equivalent situation.

It's possible to be personally offended by someone being so fucking obtuse and neckbeardy about justifying a shitty thing they said. Your amorality is not a good enough defense, and it's downright stupid to not consider how trying to rip away a famous name from a famous family just so you can use a racially coded insult is perfectly okay.

It would have been infinitely more respectable if you demonstrated the capacity to take a step back and see what the mistake was rather than doubling down off the back of some stupid baby name meaning site as if it's a legitimate source.

What a stupid thing to double down on.

Wow, you're really bad at this.

Let's take a look at your source, which btw, doesn't show any of the raw data which is always disappointing but onwards regardless.

Nearly nine out of 10 voters in the CNBC Voter Poll said the cost of living was a crucial or major factor in their vote for Congress.

Cool, economy is a major factor and even I stated in my post that it was a major driver and supports your original argument that the election was driven by worries about the economy. Cool, common ground.

The CNBC Voter Poll found nearly three out of every four people said the war was a crucial or major factor in their vote for Congress.

....wait that's not the economy...

About three out of five voters said they disapproved of how Immigration and Customs Enforcement handled its job and that the Trump administration had gone too far on the issue

....Well damn, that's not even close to the economy....

Oh and then there's this:

The poll was a collaborative effort across several news organizations that drew on about 100,000 interviews conducted by phone, online and in-person at polling locations with a margin of error of 0.6%.

Oh really, it's a collaborative effort?

Let me pull up my original source I posted.

The AP Voter Poll is a survey of the American electorate conducted by SSRS for The Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FOX News Media, NBC News and Versant.

Oh would you look at that, I bet you the same takeaways that your source cited, including the war and ICE came from the same voter poll, just with a layer of opinion.

Enough of that scenic route, sorry about that, let me get back on track.

So, your own source, which is based the same source as my citation outlined multiple issues that voters said were important to them and what drove them to vote. Yes the largest concern is the economy and I did not dispute that at all in original comment. I asserted that there were multiple things that factored in this election including the economy and including democracy, which that's the war, that's ICE that your source references. Most people are not single issue voters since we are mostly capable of holding my multiple opinions of varying importance, which your source acknoweldges.

Your assertion, and I'm going to quote you here, your original argument

Give your head a shake bud, this win was entirely about cost of living.

Your own source completely refutes your argument right there. There's a difference between saying X was a major driver and your assertion that it was the only driver.

Also, because I like to drive a knife further on why your argument is bad, let's take a look at a CNBC poll that they did right before the election since you like that source.

Corruption is voters’ top issue ahead of midterm election, CNBC survey shows

Man, you're really bad at this.

ETA: Just to also post this from my source:

Notice that this continues to bolster my original argument that both the economy and democracy/holding people accountable were the major drivers in this election.

48% of Democrats say democracy/accountability is important, 28% of "Independents" also cite democracy/accountability. But again, according to you swing voters will just say anything and I'm sure you'll twist yourself into saying that ~30% is insignificant and means nothing. Probably something like "Look at the Republicans, they don't care about democracy, it's not important to anyone then, checkmate atheists!"