Yeah I'm just waiting at this point for UK Twitter to wake up and start yelling about how Robert Webb is a decent man who was "ambushed" for his political views etchttps://twitter.com/JesseThorn/status/1381974104593473542 …
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It's because they have a weird magical-thinking thing that makes them think words have power and the right words will change reality. It's why they have this weird obsession with "sex" and "gender" being distinct.
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You see it all the time with reactionary ideologies. It's the whole basis of the Freeman of the Land cult, and you see it in QAnoners too. Thinking dictionary definitions override usage and become reality.
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It’s part of the same neurolinguistic virus that causes the British to say “washing up liquid” instead of “dish soap”
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The "bring/take" thing was obnoxious because I was right If I am talking about carrying something to someone else and I'm going with the thing, then it's equally correct to say I'm "bringing" and I'm "taking" the thing
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Anyway, no, I am clearly speaking in a mocking way as though standing next to the audience pointing to a bunch of bad TERF takes physically "approaching" down the timeline, with an air of weary resignation The fact that my tweet was written chronologically later is irrelevant
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Saying "Here I come" would make no sense, regardless of the literal timing of my second tweet, the purpose of the second tweet is to underscore my rhetorical stance that I was previously able to reliably predict and anticipate your actions
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When you don't have a salient point to make, attack their grammar.
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Imagine coming into somebody's thread an asking who they are like they need permission. Imagine not understanding that a prediction can refer to anything that is unknown regardless of it's place in time.
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