He was responding to someone who was offering a disagreeing POV, on a public web forum that anyone can read or participate in.<p>In that context, typing &quot;we need better language&quot; implies identification with the whole audience, i.e. all readers. &#x27;We&#x27; does not mean &#x27;my group of political activists&#x27; when used in that way.<p>Hence why the correction is important. Especially given that he was advocating for the redefinition of language in service of a political ideology. If you are going to suggest that &#x27;we need&#x27; to clarify and standardize the words we use to refer to things, then you should probably be extremely precise with your own language, no? Otherwise you are just being a patronizing e-tyrant.