What they’re referring to is a fairly common phenomenon called semantic satiation, though in this case for visually seeing the word rather than audibly hearing the word.
Semantic satiation occurs on the order of minutes. But they make it sound like it’s happened over months. I think they’re trying to change the subject to Palestine for no reason and deny the genocide there. I think their thesis is that those are false allegations, and they have eroded this person’s trust in the term.
What they’re referring to is a fairly common phenomenon called semantic satiation, though in this case for visually seeing the word rather than audibly hearing the word.
Semantic satiation occurs on the order of minutes. But they make it sound like it’s happened over months. I think they’re trying to change the subject to Palestine for no reason and deny the genocide there. I think their thesis is that those are false allegations, and they have eroded this person’s trust in the term.