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Juraj | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Denying reality and saying something but meaning something else is a good mindfuck strategy, but the only thing it separates is the person saying it from the sane people who know meaning of the words they use.
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stacksatsio | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 They’re not saying something else nor denying reality.

To be clear what they are saying is “Bitcoin, not crypto”, making them into distinct classes; ie different things.

That both words refer to cryptocurrencies is not the relevant point of the statement. “Gold, not metals” would convey the same - it implies a distinction and delineation in what the speaker is referring to, a superior/inferior.

I know some languages would equate “not” to simply a negative of the following word, but that’s not how it’s being used in this context in English.
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Juraj | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 For the third time: I am not criticizing "Bitcoin, not crypto". I am criticizing "Bitcoin is not crypto".
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stacksatsio | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Then you are tilting at windmills because that is not what someone saying “Bitcoin, not crypto” is meaning, as I just detailed for you.

If you’ve explained it three times and you think everyone else is wrong, perhaps it is indeed you who has it backwards.
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Juraj | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You are still talking about "Bitcoin not crypto", I did not post about this. The original post was about Bitcoin is not crypto, which I keep hearing (last time yesterday in local 21 group), that's why I'm writing about it. 

if you mean Bitcoin not crypto, don't say Bitcoin is not crypto, that's all.