> just wondered if anyone else feels a need to use 'scare quotes', and if the urge to use them seems to be increasing?
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> I guess I'm not sure what they're intended to say about the content of the quotes, or if there are guidelines for their use. I think that my incline is to use them around words which I suspect of having too many meanings.
Why the timidity? Like any other tool (and pace Ani DiFranco), "scare quotes" are a "weapon" - if you hold them right. ("Right"?)
Sin boldly (pace Luther) - then go boldly to the "cross."