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It uses a double negation in a way that creates ambiguity. A literal interpretation would be “all authorities are legitimate”, but likely the intent was “there
by jackyinger 2y ago
It uses a double negation in a way that creates ambiguity. A literal interpretation would be “all authorities are legitimate”, but likely the intent was “there exist legitimate authorities”.
- parineum 2y agoIllegitimate and not legitimate are not the same words. It's only a double negative if you treat them as such.