tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post207057469753482334..comments2024-03-29T00:25:24.008-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Did Kevin McCarthy make that "vow?"<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-33467680139024700802023-11-08T09:14:02.765-05:002023-11-08T09:14:02.765-05:00bape
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Implicature is a formal, academic way ...Dear 7:55,<br /><br />Implicature is a formal, academic way of saying one statement can imply another. <br /><br />But in a given, concrete situation, you still have to have reasons for thinking that statement X implies statement Y. You can’t simply wave the word implicature around like it’s a magic wand that proves what you want it to.<br />Krazy Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-18249049593549961902022-04-25T12:53:28.696-04:002022-04-25T12:53:28.696-04:00Hi 5:16,
I’m b-a-a-a-ack.
I commend your indus...Hi 5:16,<br /><br />I’m b-a-a-a-ack. <br /><br />I commend your industriousness in looking up the definition of embellish. But it may surprise you to learn a word can have more than one meaning. Embellish, for example, while it has the primary definition you gave, means secondarily, “make a statement or story more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true.”<br /><br />Had you been an alert looker-upper you might have realized it was this sense of embellish I was using.<br /><br />And you seem to confuse the seriousness of the subject McCarthy was discussing with the seriousness of his intent to act regarding that subject. They are not necessarily the same. <br />Krazy Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68520373633663099212022-04-25T12:07:58.862-04:002022-04-25T12:07:58.862-04:00Cecelia,
It's 2022, and the values of Republic...Cecelia,<br />It's 2022, and the values of Republicans are the same as slave-holders in 1861.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-7707732455703656162022-04-25T12:04:50.397-04:002022-04-25T12:04:50.397-04:00"Popsicle sticks" is in position to pass..."Popsicle sticks" is in position to pass "Lets Go Brandon!" as the smartest, most well-thought-out economic idea the Right has ever come up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-7348333863745627822022-04-25T12:02:12.332-04:002022-04-25T12:02:12.332-04:0011:36,
I'll give you credit for knowing black ...11:36,<br />I'll give you credit for knowing black people as a group are much, much smarter than you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-91719354538668082342022-04-25T10:49:16.769-04:002022-04-25T10:49:16.769-04:00Another unfunny joke.
Cecelia, who is most likely...Another unfunny joke.<br /><br />Cecelia, who is most likely male not female, thinks that women routinely go around making jokes about their bra sizes.<br /><br />Anyone can make a typo and people frequently do around here without anyone complaining about it. It was your addition of (kidding) that made it clear you don't know how to spell the word, and don't know what a joke is either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15547007656145387452022-04-25T10:44:50.053-04:002022-04-25T10:44:50.053-04:00You don't seem to know that Somerby put on a o...You don't seem to know that Somerby put on a one-man comedy show in which he mostly discussed his relationship with his mother. <br /><br />If you catalog all of the attacks on reporters and professors discussed here over some specified period (such as the last 5 years), you will find that the majority are women, with a much higher representation of black women than would be expected given their participation in the profession. <br /><br />No one here is making up the fact that Somerby has a specific focus on denigrating black women in positions of high visibility because they are professors or journalists. And he throws in Kamala Harris too. Go back and read what he wrote about Chanel Miller if you don't believe me.<br /><br />Should a white male blogger be allowed to target black women without anyone saying anything? Why? (That is a rhetorical question, not anything you need to answer with a reference to popsicle sticks.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-6354480098216883242022-04-25T10:38:49.309-04:002022-04-25T10:38:49.309-04:00Cecelia, there is a lot of social science evidence...Cecelia, there is a lot of social science evidence behind claims that black people are still being treated in racist ways in our society. Are you throwing that out along with history? <br /><br />Your opinion of someone else's intelligence is irrelevant to any topic being discussed here. But it does reflect poorly on you that you cannot discuss with reference to anything objective and ultimately resort to name-calling and obscure word salad. What do popsicle sticks mean to you? They don't mean a thing to anyone here and you don't seem to understand that your private references need to be explained to others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-62057565237455618242022-04-25T10:34:50.282-04:002022-04-25T10:34:50.282-04:00Another incoherent comment by Cecelia, who doesn&#...Another incoherent comment by Cecelia, who doesn't bother to think about anything before posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-52663643384158399402022-04-25T08:45:42.533-04:002022-04-25T08:45:42.533-04:00It really is hard to believe. McCarthy gets caugh...It really is hard to believe. McCarthy gets caught with his pants down and his hand in the cookie jar, exposed as a sniveling groveling lying sack of shit, and one of the dumbest motherfucking members of the republican congressional caucus, and Cecelia sits here pouting about a couple words in the story justifying her perpetual need to feel aggrieved by the liberal media, or as is known in certain circles, the enemy of the people. You can't make this shit upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-48541941291841920832022-04-25T05:08:02.521-04:002022-04-25T05:08:02.521-04:00Anonymouse11:12pm, I stick to knowing what words m...Anonymouse11:12pm, I stick to knowing what words mean and so I ascertain that "vow" has a particular definition in both formal or informal contexts. <br /><br />Therefore I understand when I'm being fluffed or being played. <br /><br />That is liberating, indeed. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-76754974401464395222022-04-25T05:05:04.321-04:002022-04-25T05:05:04.321-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-62931840914430948822022-04-25T00:49:23.282-04:002022-04-25T00:49:23.282-04:00Anonymouse8:32pm, I have so much peace of mind tha...Anonymouse8:32pm, I have so much peace of mind that I need not tell friend-or-foe bloggers that they suck or hate all women, including their own mothers. <br /><br />You? Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-28482790371705811592022-04-25T00:41:52.001-04:002022-04-25T00:41:52.001-04:00It's still 1861 and all our progress is predic...It's still 1861 and all our progress is predicated upon a foundation of rotten popsicle sticks. <br /><br />Without this conceit they have nothing. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88632885443382221052022-04-24T23:36:04.784-04:002022-04-24T23:36:04.784-04:00Anonymouse8:34pm, so?
Hamsters as a breed are mo...Anonymouse8:34pm, so? <br /><br />Hamsters as a breed are more clever than you. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.com