Theoretically? For sure. Practically speaking, it’s usually easier said than done.
For example, the Swastika itself did nothing wrong, but it’s not exactly about to be rehabilitated.
Agreed, energy is better spent elsewhere than trying to rehabilitate words that have been co-opted by the right. This isn’t like reappropriating a slur, like queer, trying to “take back” libertarian would just cause confusion.
Leftists need to focus more on being understood by the average person. Redefining words and trying to take back redefined words doesn’t help that cause though I make an exception for “The Left” “Leftist/ism” etc.
Shouldn’t anarchists be taking the word “libertarian” back from ancaps and other propertarians?
Yes, lets, wherever that’s happened. Some places have not suffered this usurpation and perversion of language.
