I was just watching the news earlier and found out that Donald Trump calling the NYC explosions a "bombing" is making the rounds on social media. Don't get me wrong, I don't support the man (I wanted Bernie Sanders but it looks like I have no choice but to vote for Hillary instead), but to me, it's funny how we choose to be very particular with words when we all know what he meant. It's just common sense. Additionally, some news sources report that Hillary initially referred to it as bombings as well.

Even then, IEDs are considered bombs. Why are we like this? It's not the first time I encountered people taking offense over something this trivial. If it were another person, I don't think anyone would go bonkers or have a field day.

A bomb is designed to explode but not all explosions are caused by bombs. It could've been an accident & saying it's a bomb is going to place people in potentially unnecessary panic.

These are great responses. The Loftus study is a particularly good study to show the power of word choice.

Of course a BEYONCE stan would ask this! educate yourself sis

because they like to focus more on words since that is the highest thinking limit they can reach to have arguments about rather than actual important issues

and yes, you have choice... vote for the next female president Jill Stein from the Green Party