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"people they ostensibly serve." I don't think extreme-left violent G20 "protesters" think they are served by those "leaders".

• majewsky 9y ago
  That's the point of the word "ostensibly".
  • _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
    English is not my mother tongue, but I'm not sure 'ostensibly' as used by the parent is the point. Because there is no pretense on any side that the "leaders" represent those "people". Definition of ostensibly 1: in an ostensible manner 2: to all outward appearances The leaders make no appearance to represent this group. This group makes no appearance that they think they are represented by those leaders. So I'm not getting the point you've made.
    • majewsky 9y ago
      The leaders make the appearance of representing all citizens, of which this group is a subset.
      • _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
        For sure they don't. I don't think Mrs. Merkel makes the appearance of representing violent left-extremists. I would be interested in a quote from Mrs. Merkel to support your claim.