Except he didn't actually equate them, merely recognized that one can be aghast at both. He said nothing of levels of aghastitude.
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Except, of course, if you look at the parallel constructions, he did treat them as equivalent. They are both equally "aghast" worthy.
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Oh, good grief. Try for a little charity, please.
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You can't be 'honest' about what someone else meant. You can either read them charitable or uncharitably. I'm not going to argue about it.
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He created parallel constructions and thus treated them as equivalent. No real argument to be had.
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Except that its led you to conclude that James thinks firing someone is the same as murder so you've gone wrong somewhere.
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You said they're equally aghast-worthy so James treats them as equivalent. If you don't think he genuinely does, no problem.
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Actually, I said the parallel constructions treat them as equivalent and equally "aghast" worthy.
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Maybe you should be more careful how ppl can interpret you then? Or maybe we can just use a little more charity & a little less pedantry.
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To be clear: he created a false equivalency between those who complained about memo and white supremacy. He seems prone to such things.
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He seems like an outrage merchant, a grifter. We have far too many such "public intellectuals" these days. That's my charitable reading.
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