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> If the American press had given me 20 minutes of airtime I could have convinced everyone they don’t want to get involved with Greenland. On one hand the auth
by AreShoesFeet000 7mo ago
> If the American press had given me 20 minutes of airtime I could have convinced everyone they don’t want to get involved with Greenland.
On one hand the author recognizes the scope of the “protocol wars” as a rational thing being irrelevant in the actually relevant time span. On the other hand, the author swears that they can bring rationality to a deeply emotional matter through discourse.
- dathinab 7mo agoyou are aware that he doesn't actually believe that he "[...] could have convinced [..]" it's a manner of speech a instrument of telling a story a way to express how completely absurd "US getting involved into Greenland" is for anyone who understands the land (geography/weather) and people even unrelated to geopolitical aspects like alienating allies
- AreShoesFeet000 7mo agoMy argument stands whether the author meant to be read literally or not. Below the surface it’s still about the tension of rationality and irrationality within social settings.