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"I wouldn't call someone an enemy and really mean it unless that enemy was deliberately trying to harm me or my family." I didn't literally call them the enemy
by reitblatt 15y ago
"I wouldn't call someone an enemy and really mean it unless that enemy was deliberately trying to harm me or my family."
I didn't literally call them the enemy, I put it in scary quotes as a reply to the (IMO) naive sentiment of the OP that because they're "not the CIA", they're not a legitimate target of WikiLeaks.
Please ask for clarification next time before you cathartically lecture someone based on your own misunderstanding.
- cynoclast 15y agohttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cathartic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cathartic
- reitblatt 15y agohttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony
- webXL 15y agoWell, that's a fair point and I'll ask for clarification when I see something in quotes next time. When a disqualifying statement (not "the enemy") is flipped like that and directly applied to something, it carries more weight, especially when a loaded term like "enemy" is used. Politicians get in trouble for "with us or against us" rhetoric all the time. Not everything is so black and white, unless you make a compelling case that it is.