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Beastly Boy

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63. Semantics game Number 2

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #58)

Mon Oct 23, 2023, 12:38 AM

Oct 2023

If in fact you were playing semantics games, I would have to establish the fact of you playing semantics games before I can accuse you of playing them. However, quite the opposite is the case: the fact of you playing semantics games had been established with numerous examples in this thread, so I am indeed accusing you of playing semantics games.

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Rashida Tlaib Under Fire After Detroit Synagogue Leader's Slaying [View all] question everything Oct 2023 OP

Newsweek is just the 21st Century version of National Enquirer. walkingman Oct 2023 #1

+1 demmiblue Oct 2023 #18

So you're upset because they reported a story that's true? brooklynite Oct 2023 #41

They could have chosen to ignore trolls like Loomer (nt) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #43

I'm not upset at all. Just stating a fact. ☮ walkingman Oct 2023 #48

Words have consequences TheProle Oct 2023 #2

Are you saying Woll was killed because she was a friend of Tlaib? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #8

I'm saying TheProle Oct 2023 #23

So who are you blaming for the death of Tlaib's friend? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #25

Ah, I see the game TheProle Oct 2023 #27

So you're saying Laura Loomer is right, and the Democrat is to blame. muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #28

Why do you keep asking if he's saying something? TrueBlueBlackQueen Oct 2023 #32

Honestly? The Prole is blaming "words", and the only words this seems to be about muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #34

Wow. You are even trying to make his post yours. TrueBlueBlackQueen Oct 2023 #45

She did not incite violence. TFG does. muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #47

Inciting violence is a chargeable offense. TrueBlueBlackQueen Oct 2023 #56

We all know Trump got away with chargeable offences because he was president muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #57

Are you expecting me to argue that SOB's case? No. Never. TrueBlueBlackQueen Oct 2023 #60

No, I'm expecting you to realise that "had either done this they would have been charged" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #61

You're not being a serious person. TheProle Oct 2023 #36

I'm being far more serious than saying the consequences of a Democrat's words muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #38

Your techniques are transparent. TheProle Oct 2023 #39

Oh, bollocks. The OP is about far right-wingers making a specific accusation muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #42

Okie dokie TheProle Oct 2023 #52

You said "When an official spreads misinformation and demonizes one side ... muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #59

thank you for having the indefatigability to stand up and effectively push back against a fusillade of sophistry Celerity Oct 2023 #67

Post removed Post removed Oct 2023 #26

Fact? Wow, that's a crappy use of the word "fact". muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #29

That's some pretty strange word twisting right there. tritsofme Oct 2023 #33

Explain. You said "in fact", when the OP is about far-right people saying the murder muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #35

I'm not interested in playing semantics games with you. tritsofme Oct 2023 #40

Again, what do you think I twisted? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #44

Semantic game number 1: "if in fact" has a far different meaning from 'In fact" Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #46

No. "If" does not mean "not". So it's not "the opposite". muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #49

Ummm... qite the opposite. Not the opposite. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #53

In British English, "quite the opposite" is an emphatic form of "the opposite" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #58

Semantics game Number 2 Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #63

So you're avoiding the point, which is you were pretending "quite the opposite"is not muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #65

No, that was your point, which was irrelevant. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #66

Taking the side of terrorists after an attack will do that getagrip_already Oct 2023 #3

Straight up anti semitism Mz Pip Oct 2023 #4

co-sponsor of the Rohingya Genocide Determination Act of 2020 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #9

Good Mz Pip Oct 2023 #17

I haven't heard that Tlaib took down her post (which she should) gulliver Oct 2023 #5

That's just how it goes MichMan Oct 2023 #6

Agree gulliver Oct 2023 #7

She needs to learn to stop the loose-cannon blasts before getting the facts. IIRC correctly... brush Oct 2023 #11

Yes.. TY! Oh she did apologize for that? Cha Oct 2023 #20

Yes, Tlaib Should Apologize for her Post "Blaming Cha Oct 2023 #16

This is irresponsible (and so was her tweet). demmiblue Oct 2023 #10

No one claims that there is a connection. But she was a constituent and some words of condemnation are in order question everything Oct 2023 #13

Oh, please. demmiblue Oct 2023 #15

I don't know about you but I hope that my congressman will show more compassion question everything Oct 2023 #21

Did you read her statement above? Big Blue Marble Oct 2023 #31

What do you mean, "some words of condemnations are in order" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #19

Yes, people say there is a connection. But there is no proof. I posted it because I thought it is important question everything Oct 2023 #22

So why did you say no one claims there is a connection? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #24

Yes, and Tlaib was WRONG about her damning statement "Israel Bombed Cha Oct 2023 #30

REC.. TY.. So she Should.. As has been stated.. Cha Oct 2023 #12

I am confused about what the "consequences", and to whom, are you talking about? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #14

Check IT OUT, Tlaib.. FUCKING HAMAS LIED.. Shock. Cha Oct 2023 #37

Yep. Multiple analyses came to the same conclusion dalton99a Oct 2023 #50

Good to know.. TY. Cha Oct 2023 #51

****NEWSWEEK IS RUN BY A RIGHT-WING OPERATIVE/GOON ****** TomDaisy Oct 2023 #54

Speaking of getting facts straight, I wish that news articles wnylib Oct 2023 #55

This is madness NotVeryImportant Oct 2023 #62

And it is dangerous as it probably has already led to threats to her life, N/T Big Blue Marble Oct 2023 #64