Kulturkampf

[Uncle]

I have no words

Plagiarism - or application of the rules around plagiarism - therefore cannot be considered a "weapon".

I hate this editorialising shit. I thought Community Notes were supposed just add facts and this is plainly not true. Did whoever wrote this even google "weapon" before putting it in inverted commas?

"A means of gaining an advantage or defending oneself in a conflict or contest."

If context notes get used by politically motivated users to score zingers, it defeats the point. They'll be as shitty and partisan as the tweets they are correcting.

I think the implication is that it's not something that conservatives are inflicting upon others, but something they do to themselves

the alternative is that literally everything is a weapon and the word loses all meaning

like, if you are kicked out from your school for plagiarism unrelated to any political motivations, I suppose that's education using plagiarism as a weapon against those who are dishonest (justifiably)? you could characterize it that way, but is that really the most appropriate word to use?