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I’m sorry for using figurative language on the internet where Dutch people are around. The full relevant part is below: > Denmark isn’t an “ally.” An alliance
by rayiner 10mo ago
I’m sorry for using figurative language on the internet where Dutch people are around. The full relevant part is below:
> Denmark isn’t an “ally.” An alliance is a mutual relationship. Denmark offers the U.S. nothing. It’s a country the size of Maryland…
In the construction “it’s not an X, it’s a Y,” X and Y are read in contrast to each other. Denmark isn’t an “ally” in the sense that it can’t offer meaningful aid to the U.S. in a war because it’s a tiny country. Obviously Denmark is an “ally” in the legal sense that we’re both part of NATO.
- jacquesm 10mo agoAhh, the True Scotsman equivalent of not quite an ally. FFS man, at least own your words and stop weaseling, I have absolutely no problem with figurative language, I was speaking English before you were born.
- rayiner 10mo agoNot a valuable, meaningful, or significant ally. Your reading of what I wrote erases the scare quotes around "ally" and renders the comparison to the size of Maryland a non-sequiter.