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<blockquote data-quote="The Question" data-source="post: 994626" data-attributes="member: 1100">Don't feel bad about that, by the way; everybody, it seems, gets that wrong.Right-winger: &quot;Trump pardoned a black guy! That's tREEEEEEE!!!ason!&quot;Left-winger: &quot;Trump ate a cheeseburger with a fork and a knife! That's tREEEEEE!!!ason!&quot;No. Feeling betrayed isn't the same as somebody having committed a precisely named and described criminal act, any more than your dog swiping a piece of beef off your plate is 'Petty Larceny'.People are way too fucking comfortable, in the 21st century, with speaking (and concomitantly thinking) in an absurdly sloppy fashion. Probably why the world is metaphorically turning to a rancid ball of flaming shit. For several generations now, people have had it drummed into their heads that being accurate isn't important, and most especially not when compared to their feeeeeeelings. Humanity has been 'educated' into weakness via stupidity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Question, post: 994626, member: 1100"] Don't feel bad about that, by the way; [I]everybody[/I], it seems, gets that wrong. Right-winger: "Trump pardoned a black guy! That's tREEEEEEE!!!ason!" Left-winger: "Trump ate a cheeseburger with a fork and a knife! That's tREEEEEE!!!ason!" No. Feeling betrayed isn't the same as somebody having committed a precisely named and described criminal act, any more than your dog swiping a piece of beef off your plate is 'Petty Larceny'. People are [I]way[/I] too fucking comfortable, in the 21st century, with speaking (and concomitantly [I]thinking)[/I] in an absurdly sloppy fashion. Probably why the world is metaphorically turning to a rancid ball of flaming shit. For several generations now, people have had it drummed into their heads that being accurate isn't important, and most especially not when compared to their feeeeeeelings. Humanity has been 'educated' into weakness via stupidity. [/QUOTE]

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