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The literal first sentence of your comment is > I don't think there was a comparison between WordPress and Rodney King You did not say it “seemed” like a refe
by lovich 2y ago
The literal first sentence of your comment is
> I don't think there was a comparison between WordPress and Rodney King
You did not say it “seemed” like a reference, you explicitly said there was no comparison
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI dont know what part of this is confusing you. There is no comparison. there is a reference. A reference is not a comparison. You also didnt answer my question. You are claiming there is an inferred comparison. If so, please explain what two things are being compared, and in what way.
- lovich 2y agoDoes the reference have no interaction with the rest of the blog post? If I mention that I have a big idea and then mention how a great man also once stated “I have a dream”, do you think I’m referencing MLK with no inferred comparison to my idea? Referencing something in light of your previous statement out of nowhere for a public blog post is a comparison. If you think this just happened randomly and was completely divorced from the previous context then I struggle to understand how to communicate with you
- s1artibartfast 2y agoYet you still can't tell me who was compared and if it was favorable or not.
- lovich 2y agoDo you not understand what inferences are? He made an inferred comparison between his situation and Rodney King, that’s the comparison. The favorability of the comparison in a positive or negative note doesn’t matter to me. Comparing staying at a job or not over layoffs, to a momentous civil rights events in our living history is not acceptable in my opinion
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI think that is a pretty foolish reading of it and I dont think it makes any sense if you tried to think it through what the comparison would be. Can you fill in the blanks of what you think is being inferred. " I think {staying at my job} is similar to {Rodney king} in {_________} way. I think you very confused about the objects and and relation being asserted. If you think the relational inference is clear, please, again, tell me.
- lovich 2y agoInferences are by definition not as clear as you seem to want. There is no “clear” assertion for an inference by the definition of the word. If you don’t believe it was inferred then agree to disagree
- s1artibartfast 2y agoInferences may not be clear, but you still need to have some idea, even a guess, of what is implied. you cant even produce one possible comparison. >If you don’t believe it was inferred then agree to disagree You have got to be trolling me. In several posts, you have failed to identify what "it" is. what's the implied comparison being made?
- lovich 2y agoI told you what the comparison is already. He comparing his situation to Rodney Kings. Whether intentionally or not that was the inference. If you need it more clearly than that, than we aren’t capable of communicating ideas to each other with our personal world views
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI guess not. in my mind him and Rodney Kind both having lived situations does not constitute a comparison. Situation is far too vague. There needs to be some feature that is inferred to to be similar. George Washington once was alive, and people are alive today too.