Former President Donald Trump said in an interview that he received counsel from numerous people shortly after the 2020 election but that it was his decision to push the false claim he won the election and try to overturn the results.
There it is, plain as day. He literally just admitted to his crimes.
Don’t you guys know anything? Words have zero meaning anymore. From “literally” to “pov”, no one really understands how to use the english language anymore. Trump is a practitioner of the “that’s not what I meant” school of communication. GWB had clearer thoughts.
In all things I yearn for the past. Modern fashions seem to keep on growing more and more debased. I find that even among the splendid pieces of furniture built by our master cabinetmakers, those in the old forms are the most pleasing. And as for writing letters, surviving scraps from the past reveal how superb the phrasing used to be. The ordinary spoken language has also steadily coarsened. People used to say “raise the carriage shafts” “raise it” or "trim it."When they should say, “Let the men of the palace staff stand forth!” they say, “Torches! Let’s have some light!” Instead of calling the place where the lectures on the Sutra of the Golden Light are delivered before the emperor “the Hall of the Imperial Lecture,” they shorten it to “the Lecture Hal”, a deplorable corruption, an old gentleman complained.
“Literally” was coined in the 16th century and has been used metaphorically since the 17th century, which is 80% of its history. Not everything began with the internet.
Don’t you guys know anything? Words have zero meaning anymore. From “literally” to “pov”, no one really understands how to use the english language anymore. Trump is a practitioner of the “that’s not what I meant” school of communication. GWB had clearer thoughts.
In all things I yearn for the past. Modern fashions seem to keep on growing more and more debased. I find that even among the splendid pieces of furniture built by our master cabinetmakers, those in the old forms are the most pleasing. And as for writing letters, surviving scraps from the past reveal how superb the phrasing used to be. The ordinary spoken language has also steadily coarsened. People used to say “raise the carriage shafts” “raise it” or "trim it."When they should say, “Let the men of the palace staff stand forth!” they say, “Torches! Let’s have some light!” Instead of calling the place where the lectures on the Sutra of the Golden Light are delivered before the emperor “the Hall of the Imperial Lecture,” they shorten it to “the Lecture Hal”, a deplorable corruption, an old gentleman complained.
This comment is straight fire, no cap
fr, fr
On God
yeah if you’re a fucking moron. the rest of us use these things to communicate for fuck’s sake, don’t let this idiot ruin language next.
Unfortunately for him “that’s not what I meant” is a pretty terrible legal defense since we don’t need what he “meant”
If “what it sounds like to a reasonable listener” is “I did the crime, it was my decision, I’m guilty” then he’s guilty.
What he meant is irrelevant.
And the word ‘aesthetic’ … please add that to the list.
Not sure what you mean connecting Trump to the word “literally.”
The word “literally” now often means “metaphorically”
It’s literally like language is a constantly changing thing.
I’m fine with language evolving over time, but words don’t just assume their antonym’s meaning because young people use the internet.
“Literally” was coined in the 16th century and has been used metaphorically since the 17th century, which is 80% of its history. Not everything began with the internet.
But… they’re not speaking metaphorically or figuratively in this case. He literally admitted to the crime. No antonymic switchery here, friend.
The word was coined in the 1500s. It’s been used metaphorically since the 1600s. That’s ~80% of the word’s existence.
“Now” as in “the past 400 years?”
Did I say I agree with the premise? I’m just explaining what was obviously meant