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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat kind of "human being" puts "grandmother" in quotes?!?
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A racist narcissistic sociopath?
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Yes inDEED! </Skittles>
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Seems pretty obvious to me.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Think about the repercussions that message has with his White Nationalist Base. That is a shot at their Grannies.
Grasswire2
(13,580 posts)On twitter, in discussions online.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)he is the "President."
GoCubsGo
(32,120 posts)This asshole is always randomly putting words in quotes. Same shit. Different day.
Igel
(35,417 posts)way I use *, to really *emphasize* something.
Not as quotes that are the orthographic equivalent of "so-called" or, as in this sense, to call attention to the words as citations and not actually part of the compositional meaning of the sentence.
But one thing we humans do is find the best possible interpretation for acts and words of those in our group and the worst possible interpretation for acts and words of those outside of our group. So the only possible use, even if it's an uncommon one with Trump, is that it's equivalent to "so-called."
dalton99a
(81,820 posts)raccoon
(31,158 posts)Initech
(100,200 posts)Blue Owl
(50,724 posts)n/t
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