ByteOnBikes to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoSelf burns. Those are rare!!imagemessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1874arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down6·2 months ago(preface: I agree that trump has done multiple executable offenses) She tweeted “we execute pedophiles not elect them.” While retweeting a Trump quote, so it’s kinda clear who she was referring to without any admission of his pedophilia.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 months agoNo, she didn’t tweet that. She didn’t say “we,” she’s an American citizen. She said “they”.
minus-squarePhoenixDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoVery important use of language in this context.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoMy point was that it’s clear she meant trump. I guess there are many contexts in which my mistake matters but I don’t see how it would here
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoOk, I just thought it was important to point out how she’s being misquoted here, even by people who apparently agree with her.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoPoint taken. It was an honest mistake. I think I read it as the popular use of “we” that isn’t quite literal. But I was mistaken.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt was more of a critique of the media, than of you in particular.
(preface: I agree that trump has done multiple executable offenses)
She tweeted “we execute pedophiles not elect them.” While retweeting a Trump quote, so it’s kinda clear who she was referring to without any admission of his pedophilia.
No, she didn’t tweet that. She didn’t say “we,” she’s an American citizen.
She said “they”.
Very important use of language in this context.
My point was that it’s clear she meant trump. I guess there are many contexts in which my mistake matters but I don’t see how it would here
Ok, I just thought it was important to point out how she’s being misquoted here, even by people who apparently agree with her.
Point taken. It was an honest mistake. I think I read it as the popular use of “we” that isn’t quite literal. But I was mistaken.
It was more of a critique of the media, than of you in particular.