[gillygirl]

Originally Posted by LoveLakeLife

You can’t “have” an “issue “. You can debate an issue. You can argue an issue. An issue is e.g., abortion, gun control, etc. For hundreds of years what are now called “issues” by followers of PC language were called problems. But then when the entire country got put on the therapy couch beginning in the 60s, problems became “challenges”. Problems had to be solved and challenges only had to be met. Then even “challenges” was too harsh for the snowflakes so “issues” came into vogue among the people who wanted to sound like everyone else. Issues only had to be acknowledged, not fixed.

Makes me thing of an adage timely to this week: You never see a motorcycle in front of a psychiatrist’s office. Lol. Hopefully the same goes for boaters.

Sorry for the playful screed. I guess I was “triggered” by my peeve.


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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/issue

See definition 1.a.2.


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