MoveOn email: "No one thought this was possible"

[Bernin4U]

9. Ohh, I get it. The proverbial "they!"

Such as, a coach giving the team a pregame pep talk: "THEY said we'd never come this far. That we don't have the talent. Or the stamina. Or the heart. THEY said we have no chance even to make the playoffs, let alone all the way to the finals. But we did, didn't we? Yes, here we are, in the finals. Now THEY are saying we have no chance to win tonight...."

Do you mean like that?

Sure, that's a fine message. Telling those who are succeeding under adversity that they're proving the doubters to be wrong.

Unfortunately it's not what MoveOn said. Again, not to make too big a deal of it. But it's just a very poor choice of wording, if the intent is to speak in generalities (which is something I actually have no problem with).

For MoveOn to tell me that, wow, the rest of the world is catching up to my/our thinking, so thanks for being a part and making it happen, is great.

But what they're really telling me (based on actual wording) is that no one, not you or me or any other person in the world, was clever or insightful enough to actually believe the current reality was possible.