We don't tell the truth in America anymore nor say what we mean.
You're fighting an uphill battle in a popular culture that wont say the President lied, instead we soften, I mean we make excuses. Such as he's misinformed, he's incorrect, he miss-spoke, he miss-stated the fact of the situation. After all we've only taught an entire two generations, forth rightness is a joke.
But that's just the way I see it and I'm a dinosaur apparently.
Hey Curly..... "I'm tryin' to think, but nothin' happens!"
Me: "What's wrong? It seems like something's bothering you" Her: "Nothing" (said with obvious unhappy tone and body language) Me: "Are you mad?" Her: "I'm not mad, I'm just upset"
If I had a nickel for every time that kind of thing has gone on. As if changing the phrasing takes away from the central point. So now I say it differently:
Me: "Are you feeling some sort of negative emotion that could be disdain, anger, disappointment, sorrow, or some variant mid-range emotion of the aforementioned list?"
It doesn't go over any better.
I know you started this as a political commentary, but I hit my limit on that topic about 3 months ago.
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