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What is the origin of calling someone a tool?
I know how to use the term, I just want to know exactly where it came from to use it as a descriptive of someone and what you are exactly really calling someone when you say they are a tool. (To repeat, I know how to use the term.)
If you know - thanks.
1 Answer
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Most people use the term without knowing its meaning. A "tool" is someone who does not make decisions or statements for themselves. Rather, they parrot a party line and act more on what others may think of them than on what is right.
"Tool" is one of those tems use in a hurtful sense without thinking. Calling something "Gay" because its not something you like is another such term. On this forum, people toss around terms like, liberal, terrorist, Christian, Muslim, or conservative without any consideration for their meaning or for the impact they have on people.