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Regina Offline
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#101
RE: #Blacklivesmat
September 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm (This post was last modified: September 4, 2015 at 5:25 pm by Regina.)
Oh, looks like we're onto semantics...
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#102
RE: #Blacklivesmat
September 4, 2015 at 5:48 pm (This post was last modified: September 4, 2015 at 5:49 pm by SteelCurtain.)
(September 4, 2015 at 12:45 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote:
(September 3, 2015 at 3:49 pm)Dystopia Wrote: The problem with debating you is that you have implied meaning in your words and then say "I didn't mean that" - That's a dishonest technique and you should know words have effects on people even if you don't realize it.

All words have implied meaning, I'm not being dishonest by correcting you on the meaning of my words. My words, don't take on the meaning you think they mean, just because you think them.

They do, however, take on colloquial meaning unless you qualify them otherwise.
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#103
RE: #Blacklivesmat
September 5, 2015 at 6:40 pm
My issue was more with him calling me dishonest, but yes I concede that I need to use qualifiers more.
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