For at least a few years, "common sense" has been hijacked by populist politicians, now it just means whatever simplistic idea that fits their worldview, even when it's not complicated to see that said idea is clearly misguided. The original meaning seems lost to me.

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bitmasher9 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Furthermore, using the phrase “common sense” to describe an idea inherently dismisses any individual that will argue against it. They either are too dumb to have common sense, or too much of an elite to have common sense.

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reactordev an hour ago | parent | next [-]

This is the word smithing they are known for. By labeling “common sense” means anyone who argues against it is against “common sense” because every argument is a strawman argument.

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RobotToaster an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It's basically become a thought terminating cliche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A...

	▲	icantevenhold 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It is what it is

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throwaway27448 22 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That was the original meaning dating back to thomas paine. It is a term impossible to deploy in good faith.

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ben_w an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Always meant that, so far as I can see.