This is disappointing from Andrew: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/11/10/the-sjws-now-get-to-police-speech-on-twitter/ …
@emily_esque Hence, a phrase like, "he's a constant disappointment." If the expectation is against one person, that would be nonsensical.
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@chrisgeidner True, well put. The expectation there has to be against a larger societal frame; he's held to a baseline set of expectations -
@chrisgeidner But at the same time, can one really be disappointed in, for instance, Fox News doing their thing anymore? -
@chrisgeidner They regularly fail to live up to the standards we would expect for them, but predictably so. -
@chrisgeidner And I don't think I've ever seen someone say "I'm disappointed in Fox News" related to a particular failure to live up to stds -
@chrisgeidner So, if I may, a theory of semantics that explains why "disappointed"/"not surprised" isn't talking past one another -
@chrisgeidner "I'm disappointed in X" conveys continued expectations for X. The "not surprised" response conveys that expectations are gone. -
@emily_esque That, I think, is true. And, more so than most, I think I hold out continued expectations for all. It's journalistic, in a way.
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