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LakeArenal

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3. Why do people need to parse words?

Tue Aug 9, 2022, 11:24 AM

Aug 2022

You take one meaning of a word and object. There are other definitions that fit the word.
Raid:
1a : a hostile or predatory incursion
b : a surprise attack by a small force
2a : a brief foray outside one's usual sphere
b : a sudden invasion by officers of the law
c : a daring operation against a competitor
d : the recruiting of personnel (such as faculty, executives, or athletes) from competing organizations
3 : the act of mulcting public money

Who gives a damn what trump calls it anyway. O

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Please stop calling this a "raid." [View all] Novara Aug 2022 OP

Maga Laga was SEARCHED... 2naSalit Aug 2022 #1

OH, REICH WING, by RAID you mean "Served a warrant on HE who shall not be named"? TigressDem Aug 2022 #2

Why do people need to parse words? LakeArenal Aug 2022 #3

Because NONE of those definitions apply to the events at Mar-A-Lago. Mariana Aug 2022 #14

You are so stretching. LakeArenal Aug 2022 #18

Oh, I know. It would be better to call it a search Mariana Aug 2022 #20

Ummm, you left out sudden unweird Aug 2022 #34

I copy and pasted as I found it. But continue parsing words and missing points. LakeArenal Aug 2022 #35

I was reading your response unweird Aug 2022 #36

Invasion: an incursion by a large number of people or things into a place or sphere of activity krawhitham Aug 2022 #49

You are correct. H2O Man Aug 2022 #37

Raid implies criminal RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2022 #4

No, it was a raid localroger Aug 2022 #5

There was warning. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #6

Lol this is definitely a raid. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #7

He would think it's a raid. Turbineguy Aug 2022 #8

Glenn Kirschner said this exact thing, and he knows the correct terms MagickMuffin Aug 2022 #9

This thread inspired this 🤭 underpants Aug 2022 #10

+1 H2O Man Aug 2022 #39

My local newspaper got it right. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #11

Yeah---CNN reported they had the authority to knock down doors. Kingofalldems Aug 2022 #12

That's pretty standard with search warrants, I believe. Mariana Aug 2022 #16

And they gave warning to tfg and his lawyers. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #51

That was my point. Kingofalldems Aug 2022 #56

I imagine... MissMillie Aug 2022 #13

It's a raid. Iggo Aug 2022 #15

In reality it doesn't match your TV fantasy Novara Aug 2022 #19

Thank you. You are spot on. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #41

Thank you Novara Aug 2022 #45

It's not a raid if people don't resist? Cool rule. Iggo Aug 2022 #50

Tfg wasn't even there. His lawyers and the SS all knew of it. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #52

But it's not H2O Man Aug 2022 #42

I agree, it's much better to call it a search. Mariana Aug 2022 #17

It's a national security red alert C_U_L8R Aug 2022 #21

I like what Pelosi called it . FoxNewsSucks Aug 2022 #22

The Associated Press is referring to this as a "search." mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #23

I'm fine with raid, thank you very much lanlady Aug 2022 #24

Exactly. Trump doesn't deserve the more dignified word for it. NH Ethylene Aug 2022 #30

But he wasn't. He and his lawyers had full warning ahead of time. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #43

I'd bet they didnt "break into the safe" either GusBob Aug 2022 #25

I Doubt It, Too ProfessorGAC Aug 2022 #26

Police use that term all the time. patphil Aug 2022 #27

"They broke into my safe!" orangecrush Aug 2022 #28

That would've been fun. NH Ethylene Aug 2022 #31

who cares? the real issue is did they find anything? Kali Aug 2022 #29

+1 H2O Man Aug 2022 #40

Okay. lpbk2713 Aug 2022 #32

I like calling it a raid. NH Ethylene Aug 2022 #33

As an older, mature women, I realized back in my 30's, cksmithy Aug 2022 #38

nope, it wasn't forcible Novara Aug 2022 #46

The signed search warrant was the "force" SilasSouleII Aug 2022 #59

Exactly Novara Aug 2022 #60

THIS localroger Aug 2022 #61

I like raid. nt LexVegas Aug 2022 #44

It was a raid, it was a surprise visit by police to arrest suspected people or seize illicit goods. krawhitham Aug 2022 #47

Agree! cksmithy Aug 2022 #62

Not just not a raid.. it was a nothing. quakerboy Aug 2022 #48

Woids is woids. ificandream Aug 2022 #53

The existing title at Wikipedia is mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #54

Oh, come on, now! markpkessinger Aug 2022 #55

"Many people are saying it was the greatest raid ever." Saboburns Aug 2022 #57

Best response ever!!!!!! H2O Man Aug 2022 #58

This was not a raid but the execution of a valid search warrant signed by TFG appointed judge LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author Chautauquas Aug 2022 #64

The FBI conducted a warranted search. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #65

+1 rogue emissary Aug 2022 #66

Raids can also be illicit. Don't use the word "raid". applegrove Aug 2022 #67